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Client found not guilty of a 9 count Information of Sexual Assault x 2, Sexual Interference x 2, Assault choking x 2 and Assault x 3 after a five-day trial in the Ontario Court of Justice, Brampton. V.S. was in a deteriorating marriage. There were two children, a daughter, and a son. V.S. was travelling a fair amount each month and hence was away from the home missing time with the children. In the fall of 2020, the complainant, the ex-wife, had an argument with V.S. about his travels and said he should limit his time with the children as it is too hard on them when he travels. The couple had other arguments, but the marriage was failing and V.S. asked for a divorce and she had found a file the contained correspondence with a family lawyer. Over the next couple of months, the children started to be more distant, and his daughter was becoming more and more defiant with his directions at home. In January of 2021, an argument ensued between V.S. and his daughter about her use of her cell phone and being on social media during school hours. V.S. went to grab the phone and the argument escalated. V.S. went out for a pre-scheduled business meeting and when he returned, he was arrested and charged with sexual assault allegations as against his daughter, and the assault charges as against his daughter, his then 5-year-old son and his wife. The one count against his wife alleged several different sets of allegations of domestic abuse. Joseph Neuberger and Diana Davison of Neuberger & Partners LLP, Toronto Criminal Defence Lawyers, were retained to defend him on the allegations. Joseph referred V.S. to a family lawyer and had him commence a divorce application and to seek some access to his children. Joseph worked closely with the family lawyer, and sure enough the Reply in the family law case from the complainant wife detailed all of the criminal allegations and added additional sexual allegations involving the daughter and son. The complainant wife was seeking unequal distribution of assets, sole possession of the house, sole custody of the children and $100,000 in damages for domestic abuse. The family court documents provided Joseph Neuberger with a rich source of information to cross-examine the former wife and to allege parental alienation. In fact, given the statements of the children, it was a very clear case of parental alienation. A 278 Application was brought to tender various documents, messages and pictures that illustrated over seven years a very close bonded relationship with both children. Joseph and Diana spent considerable time with the client helping him get ready for trial. He was emotional and worried about the trial. In addition, a detailed cross-examination was drafted. At trial, Joseph was able to establish through cross-examination material inconsistencies in the evidence of each witness, that the younger son was confused and heavily influenced by his sister and mother during the fall of 2020 and including just before going to the police being told about memories he forgot. Even before trial, it came out in cross-examination that while the wife, and the two children were driving to court, the complainant wife told the young son to remember details that were NOT in his statement to police. Under cross-examination, the complainant wife denied saying anything to the son or daughter. In cross-examination of the daughter, it came out not only that her sexual assault allegations were inconsistent and not plausible, but that during the fall of 2020 the complainant wife, her mother, had co-opted the daughter to help her get sole custody of her and her brother. There was a vast amount of evidence developed through cross-examination to demonstrate collusion and tainting of evidence. V.S. testified and denied the allegations. After the evidence, Joseph Neuberger drafted detailed closing written submissions and the Court ultimately found V.S. not guilty of all charges.