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The former head of nuclear medicine at the Jewish General Hospital and his girlfriend have been found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman.
During a hearing at the Montreal courthouse on Thursday, Quebec Court Judge Suzanne Costom said parts of Stephan Probst’s testimony in the trial, where the 46-year-old was charged with sexual assault along with Wendy Devera, 30, met the legal requirement to convict a person of the crime.
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The complainant could be heard sobbing in the courtroom after Costom delivered her decision to convict both of the accused.
The judge said the case boiled down to Probst’s version of what happened versus that of the young woman who testified that she only wanted to have a sexual experience with another woman on Aug. 28, 2020, and never consented to have sex with Probst. During the trial, the woman said she met Devera through a dating app called Bumble and arranged to meet her at what turned out to be Probst’s apartment.
Costom also said she believed the victim’s claim that she was drugged while she was at Probst’s residence. The victim said she felt she lost control of her body before Probst raped her in his bedroom while she was performing oral sex on Devera. The Montreal police later took the victim to a hospital where she was found to have a small quantity of MDMA in her body.
Probst testified that he offered her MDMA and that the young woman accepted it.
According to an undated article posted on the Jewish General Hospital’s website, Probst “previously led” the Division of Nuclear Medicine. He is also listed on McGill University’s website as an assistant professor in the department of diagnostic radiology.
During the trial, the complainant testified that she was in a relationship with a man and only wanted to experiment sexually with a woman.
The case will enter the sentencing stage in September.
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