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Sexual assault charges stayed against well-known Calgary chef

Calgary chef Michael Noble has been charged with sexual assault involving an employee. Global News

A charge of sexual assault against well-known Calgary chef Michael Noble has been stayed, according to his lawyer.

The Calgary restauranteur was charged on May 3, 2018, with sexually assaulting an employee. The woman at the centre of the allegation claimed Noble followed her into a bathroom and assaulted her on Jan. 30, 2018.

“The Crown determined that this case no longer met the prosecution standard of ‘reasonable likelihood of conviction,’” the Crown said in a statement provided to Global News on Friday. “And accordingly, the Crown entered a stay of proceedings on Feb. 13, 2019.”

“The Crown decision to stay the prosecution supports [Noble’s] confidence in the criminal justice system,” Noble’s lawyer Jennifer Ruttan said in an emailed statement.
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The alleged victim initially filed a civil restraining order against Noble but it was dropped the day cross-examination was set to take place.

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Noble’s lawyer entered a not guilty plea on his behalf on May 30, 2018. A trail was set to get underway on March 11, 2019.

Under the stay in proceedings, the Crown prosecutor has up to a year to proceed with the charges.

Watch (May 3, 2018): Well-known Calgary chef Michael Nobel has been charged with sexually assaulting a 21-year-old employee at a social gathering. But as Lauren Pullen reports, Nobel maintains he’s innocent.

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— With files from Global News’ Heide Pearson

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