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Client found not guilty of sexual assault after a three-day trial, Newmarket. R.M. met the complainant on a Chinese dating site. They communicated for a month before arranging an afternoon walk on a nature trial in York Region. The complainant after getting into his car, started to complain about wanting to be taken to a restaurant or bar in downtown Toronto. The two argued a bit but eventually went on the nature walk. The messages between the two clearly demonstrated the date was to be a nature walk. It was the middle of October on a nice Saturday afternoon. The complainant attended in a short dress with a think top and white shoes. While on the walk, the two got into a verbal argument again about not going to a restaurant. The complainant alleged that she was grabbed from behind. Then she walked back to the parking lot and allegedly R.M. grabbed the complainant and pinned her up against the car, touching her breasts and grinding against her for five to ten minutes. The complainant approached a stranger in the parking lot and police were called. R.M. was charged with sex assault. Joseph Neuberger of Neuberger & Partners LLP was retained to defend Mr. R.M. At trial, Joseph Neuberger cross-examined the complainant for the better part of a day yielding that the complainant was essentially coerced into the trail hike, and that there was NO one around the entire park. The complainant begrudgingly admitted that she did ask to go to a restaurant and that she was not dressed for a hike in the woods. Further, she took careful note of R.M.’s high end car, his expensive clothing and that he had a good job. The complainant was caught on several significant inconsistencies, including that in fact there was considerable discussions in the car about what my client did for a living, where he was from, his income and that she wanted to go to a restaurant. R.M. testified that he did not sexually assault the complainant but that once they returned to his car, he told her that she was obviously looking for a wealthy Chinese man and he accused her of being a gold digger. She got upset and got out of the car and walked to another car where she called 911. Further, Joseph Neuberger called two civilian witnesses who were present at the time the complainant walked away. Both civilian witnesses testified that the parking lot was busy, about ¾ full of cars. Further, that the park was busy with lots of hikers around including people walking their dogs and on bikes. This corroborated R.M.’s testimony and directly contradicted the complainant that it was an isolated area. The complainant clearly sought to characterize R.M. as a sexual predator. After detailed written closing submissions, R.M. was found not guilty of sex assault.