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BUFFALO — Former Ottawa Senators assistant general manager Randy Lee will face a non-jury trial Nov. 9 in Buffalo City Court after a judge on Thursday dismissed one of two harassment charges stemming from an incident during the National Hockey League Scouting Combine.

The Senators had suspended Lee, 56, in June after he was accused of repeatedly rubbing the shoulders of a 19-year-old male shuttle driver and making lewd comments while in Buffalo in May. Lee resigned in August, saying he could not fulfill his obligations to the team while his legal case was ongoing.

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Judge Amy C. Martoche dismissed one of the second-degree harassment charges against Lee on the grounds that his alleged behaviour did not meet the legal standard for assaultive conduct defined as “striking or making physical contact with a person.”

Lee will face trial on a second harassment charge that refers to an individual who “repeatedly commits acts which alarm or seriously annoy.” The additional charge was filed a week after Lee was arrested on May 31.