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accusing him without having properly investigated the alleged charges. In 1999, the city of
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André decided not to compete in the city council election of 1994 following a false accusation of sexual assault. In the light of the findings of a private investigation commissioned by André, the crown prosecutor dropped all the charges against him. André sued the crown and the police department for
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André's legal specialty is criminal law. As a professor, he taught at the
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In 2005, André ran as a candidate for the city council in the Saint-Sulpice district as the Vision
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