Timi Gusak has died at Maplehurst Correctional Complex in Milton, his lawyer Lakin Afolabi, confirmed to Global News.
Gusak was arrested in August in connection to three sexual assaults of young children which occurred between 2013 and 2019.
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A spokesperson for the Ministry of the Solicitor General says that an inmate died on Tuesday night but due to privacy issues they could not provide a cause of death.
“The ministry can confirm that an inmate from the Maplehurst Correctional Complex passed away at hospital (Tuesday) night,” Brent Ross said in a statement. “The inmate was found in medical distress early Saturday morning. Staff responded with first aid and calling for an ambulance. Paramedics attended the facility and rushed the inmate to hospital.”
A spokesperson for Halton Regional Police said they are investigating the incident but “the death is not deemed suspicious.“
“Due to the nature of the death you are referring to we are not in a position to provide any further comment,” Const. Steve Elms told Global News.
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Gusak was facing three counts of sexual assault and three counts of sexual interference in connection to the historical assaults.
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