New details emerge about alleged assault

Details

Published on Friday, July 15, 2016

By Kate Jackman-Atkinson

Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press

In the July 1 edition of the Neepawa Banner reported that local resident Ivan Traill had been charged with assault. Additional information has become available.

On Nov. 6, 2015, Bill Gade, the owner of CJ97 radio, broadcast an editorial in which he said he had been sexually assaulted by Ivan Traill.  Spruce Plains RCMP acting Staff Sergeant Mark Morehouse confirmed that the incident which Gade spoke of publicly is the one that led to the charge against Traill.  However, the charge Traill faces is for assault, not sexual assault.

In his editorial, Gade also said that others had come forward to him with similar stories.  Morehouse told The Banner that no other allegations of sexual assault were brought forward to them and that the charge against Traill is in relation to only one incident, involving one person.

None of the charges have been proven in court.