Trial set for Tillman sex assault case

Posted: 1:00 AM CDT Saturday, Jun. 13, 2009

REGINA -- The man who helped lead the Saskatchewan Roughriders to the Grey Cup in 2007 is heading to court to face a trial on a sexual assault charge.

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REGINA -- The man who helped lead the Saskatchewan Roughriders to the Grey Cup in 2007 is heading to court to face a trial on a sexual assault charge.

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REGINA — The man who helped lead the Saskatchewan Roughriders to the Grey Cup in 2007 is heading to court to face a trial on a sexual assault charge.

Eric Tillman was not at the provincial courthouse in Regina on Friday when two weeks were set aside for the trial, which will start Jan. 4, 2010.

“I’m not sure that it will take that long. It is a summary matter, assuming it does go ahead, it might take that long,” Tillman’s lawyer, Aaron Fox, told reporters outside the courthouse.

A summary conviction for sexual assault carries a maximum sentence of 18 months in jail.

Tillman, 51, was arrested Jan. 27. The charge followed a complaint by a 16-year-old girl who alleges he sexually assaulted her last summer.

Tillman has been on paid administrative leave but acts as a consultant to head coach Ken Miller, who runs the Riders’ football operations.

— The Canadian Press