OTTAWA—Police arrived at the home of Senator Patrick Brazeau after an argument over aboriginal issues turned violent, according to allegations contained in court records.

Gatineau police arrived at the home of Brazeau shortly after 9 a.m. on Feb. 7 after receiving two 911 calls from a woman crying on the telephone, according to court documents first obtained by Montreal-based newspaper La Presse.

Brazeau, 38, was charged with assault and sexual assault following his arrest.

None of the allegations have been proven in court and Brazeau has pleaded not guilty to both charges.

Police say the woman, who cannot be named, hung up the first time she called but then called back two minutes later to say that she had visible injuries after being pushed down the stairs and punched in the arm.

The alleged victim said Brazeau was upstairs in a bedroom while she was on the telephone in the living room.

The police, who decided to send someone out to the address after the first call, arrived a few minutes later and arrested Brazeau, who had locked himself into the upstairs bedroom.

The alleged victim told police, who took a written statement and photos of her injuries before bringing her to the station for a videotaped interview, that she and Brazeau had been arguing over aboriginal issues since the previous evening and that Brazeau had told her that morning he wanted her to leave the house.

Brazeau, who was national chief of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples when Prime Minister Stephen Harper brought him into the Senate, was an outspoken critic of the Idle No More movement and Attawapiskat First Nation Chief Theresa Spence.

The night before his arrest, CTV had reported that Brazeau had used the address of his now former father-in-law, who lives on a reserve in Quebec, to claim an aboriginal tax exemption and the senator took to Twitter to lash out at the journalist who broke the story.

The alleged victim told police she went up to the bedroom to pack and Brazeau went with her. She said she asked him to give her time to pack but he became aggressive, pushing her, hitting her and tearing the bra and blouse that she was holding in her hands.

She alleged Brazeau grabbed her breast “in an aggressive way” and lowered her pants, breaking off a button and the zipper, according to the information provided in court documents.

She alleged Brazeau said vulgar words in both English and French, spit in her face, placed his hand around her neck, hit her arm with his fists and then pushed her down the stairs hard enough that the railing she was holding broke off, according to the court documents.

The search warrant said police were looking for the bra and blouse that the alleged victim had been holding, as well as a pant button.

Brazeau was released Feb. 8 on $1,000 bail and is scheduled to reappear on Mar. 22.

The judge imposed a publication ban to protect the identity of the alleged victim.

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The Senate forced Brazeau on a leave of absence while he faces the charges and taken over his expense accounts, but he will still receive his annual salary of $132,300.

Harper expelled Brazeau from the Conservative caucus after learning of his arrest.

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