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In September, 2016, Regan ‘s former landlord Lucy Chik said she saw a report about him on CBC News. She said she went to warn his current landlord only to find Regan entering his apartment at a house in a posh neighbourhood on Avenue Road. When she confronted him about the money he owed her, she said Regan punched and kicked her.

Regan was charged with assault in November. While he was initially granted bail, he was jailed after he was twice accused of breaching the conditions of his bail that forbid him from making contact with both his former and current landlord – both of whom were called as witnesses.

Fairney said Regan refused the prospect of a guilty plea, preferring instead to stay in jail for months while awaiting trial. At trial in September, Judge Ford Clements said issues with the testimony of two witnesses called by the crown.

One inconsistency, he said, was Chik’s claim that after she was assaulted, Regan entered his apartment and she pursued, banging on the door. But a witness, Robin Ennis, said she heard a scream and looked to find Chik on the ground, not at the door. “(Ennis) comes around the corner and Ms. Chik is on the ground, but she’s already been banging on the door. How does she get to the ground at that point?”