MONTREAL – Police have raided the Quebec home of boxer Jean Pascal as part of an investigation into a sexual assault complaint.
Authorities said that an investigation was launched early Sunday morning after a 25-year-old woman claimed to have had non-consensual sex at a party at Pascal’s home in Lorraine, north of Montreal.
Therese-de-Blainville police said that Pascal was home at the time of party on Saturday night, but had left Canada by the time officers tried to get in touch with him on Sunday.
“He was present at the party,” a police spokesperson confirmed.
“We want to meet with him to determine if he was there when the crime was committed.”
When asked whether Pascal was considered a suspect in the case, the police response was: “He is considered an important witness, as all other people present at the party.”
Global News spoke with the boxer’s lawyer Loris Cavaliere on Monday.
“I spoke with police. He isn’t a suspect. Nothing. He was just a witness to something that happened. They never said he was a suspect.”
Jean Pascal’s press attache Feymie Ze Lou confirmed to Global News that Pascal is expected back in Montreal sometime on Tuesday. He’s currently in California.
The former light heavyweight champion is coming off a dominant unanimous decision over Lucian Bute in Montreal last Saturday.
More than 20,000 thousand people packed the Bell Centre to watch the fight, which was billed as the biggest ever between two Canadians.
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