Former ski coach Bertrand Charest seeks to have sentence halved by appeal court
Oct 3, 2018 | 3:30 PM
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MONTREAL — Former national ski coach Bertrand Charest is seeking to have his sexual-assault sentence reduced by at least half.
In a recent filing with Quebec’s Court of Appeal, Charest’s lawyers argue the 12-year sentence he received last December should be cut to between four and six years.
Charest’s lawyers say some acts like kissing were inappropriate but less invasive than other acts for which he was found guilty. The less invasive acts were nonetheless treated harshly by the judge at sentencing, they say.
Charest was found guilty in June 2017 of 37 of the 57 sex-related charges he faced involving nine of the 12 women who had accused him of crimes that occurred more than 20 years ago.
