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Charges of Sex Assault and Voyeurism withdrawn prior to commencing trial, Newmarket. The complainant and Z.C. had a relationship for some two years. They broke up and about a year and half later when his entertainment career was blossoming and he entered a new relationship; the complainant went to the police and made historical sexual assault allegations. She also complained that he coercively controlled her and video recorded sexual interactions without her without her consent. Z.C. retained Joseph Neuberger of Neuberger & Partners LLP, Toronto Criminal Lawyers. A cell phone extraction was completed with the client’s phone and we obtained a plethora of relevant messages undermining the complainant’s narrative and also giving rise to a motive to fabricate. During the process, the complainant began launching motions in the Ontario Court of Justice for updates on the prosecution and why Z.C.’s cell phone was not searched for a video or videos. The situation was that the police request for warrant to search the phone was denied and the phone was returned to the client. The complainant alleged in her motions that there was improper conduct on the part of the police, Crown and defence. The defence filed an extensive 276/278 Pre-Application to admit at trial on the sex assault charge other sexual history evidence and a large volume of messages that undermined the complainant’s narrative and demonstrated that there was no reasonable prospect of conviction. After extensive discussions, the Crown withdrew the charges.