Liberal member withdraws from caucus amid sexual misconduct allegations
QUEBEC — A Liberal member of the Quebec legislature was forced out of caucus Tuesday as word emerged he was being investigated for alleged sexual misconduct and harassment.
According to a Cogeco Nouvelles report, Yves St-Denis is accused of sending a sexually explicit photo in 2014 to a Liberal staff member who contacted the party whip last December.
The incident allegedly occurred just before the provincial election.
St-Denis, who has represented the riding of Argenteuil north of Montreal since 2014, told Cogeco the image of a woman performing oral sex on a man was meant as a joke and was snapped from a pornographic film he’d been watching on TV.