Sexual assault victim wins $1,000,000 court judgment
A woman filed a civil lawsuit against a man who assaulted her in the 1990s.
Feb 23, 2021 12:42 PM By: Gary Rinne
The Thunder Bay Courthouse.
THUNDER BAY A Thunder Bay judge has ordered a man convicted of sexual assault to pay his victim about $1 million in total damages.
The case dates back to the 1990s.
Nine months after the assault, the victim gave birth.
DNA evidence established that the woman s attacker had fathered the child.
More than 20 years passed before a complaint was filed and charges were brought against the perpetrator, but he was ultimately sentenced to four years in penitentiary in 2018.