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“She is looking forward to demonstrating her innocence on all charges at trial,” Ertel said when reached for comment Thursday.

The five-day trial is set to be heard without a jury in October 2020. The defence has requested the matter be tried by an out-of-town judge.

According to the charge sheet filed in court, Riopelle is accused of unlawfully entering an Orléans home and assaulting the man on four separate occasions.

In one set of charges from an alleged incident in June 2018, Riopelle is accused of driving a vehicle outside the Orleáns address “in a manner dangerous to the public and thereby caused bodily harm to (the male victim).”

She is charged with mischief in the same alleged incident for “wilfully rendering dangerous property, namely the motor vehicle … that caused actual danger to the life of (the male victim.)”

One set of charges from February 2019 alleges Riopelle entered the home and “wilfully destroyed” property belonging to the man, including a coffee mug, during the alleged assault.

Another charge from April 2019 alleges Riopelle once again unlawfully entered the home “with intent to commit an indictable offence.”

The allegations have not been tested in court.

Riopelle is also charged with various harassment offences in the same 18-month span, with the charge sheet naming the same male complainant, along with an adult female complainant.

Riopelle is charged with harassing the woman by “repeatedly communicating” with her, either directly or indirectly, and causing the woman to “reasonably fear for her personal safety.”