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Winnipeg Councilor Faces New Assault Charges | Winnipeg News
Winnipeg city councillor Russ Wyatt is facing fresh legal trouble after being charged with sexual assault and administering a dangerous substance following an alleged incident in October 2023. The case, triggered by a survivor’s testimony in April, involves drug use and assault during a meeting in the city’s southwest. Wyatt, 56, was arrested Monday on these charges and released on an undertaking. This isn’t his first brush with the law — he was arrested earlier this year for possessing psilocybin and separately for allegedly drugging and assaulting another man in December 2025. All charges…
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