Skating Coach Acquitted of 80s Charges

0:00Quebec's Court of Appeal just tossed out a guilty verdict against famous skating coach Richard Gauthier, clearing him of sexual assault and gross. In decency charges from the 1980s, back in 2023, a lower court nailed him for assaulting a young athlete and slapped him with a 12-month jail sentence but his. Team fought back hard on appeal. Gauthier's lawyers zeroed in on rules against double convictions for the same act, plus they challenged that stiff sentence, arguing the case didn't. Hold up, under scrutiny. Judge Patrick Healey agreed, pointing to big gaps and flip-flops in the complainant's story that left the burden of proof way short. With both charges wiped clean and no time served, this wraps a long legal battle, leaving the skating world to sort out what comes next. From your city, powered by AI, this is Canada News Today. I'm Corey with the story.