Quebec Court Clears Skating Coach Gauthier

0:00It's April 18th. This is Canada News Today, powered by AI. I'm Cory with the story. Quebec's Court of Appeal just threw out a guilty verdict against famous skating coach Richard Gauthier, clearing him of sexual assault and gross, in decency charges. Back in 2023, a lower court convicted him for allegedly assaulting a young athlete back in the 1980s, slapping him with a 12-month jail sentence. His legal team fought the ruling, pointing out rules against piling on multiple convictions for the same event, and they also challenged that prison, term. Judge Patrick Healey sided with the appeal, wiping out both charges and the sentence entirely. Doubts about the complainant's story, full of gaps and inconsistencies, meant the proof just didn't hold up, leaving Gauthier and the clear for now.