A professor at a private college in Outremont has just pleaded guilty to assaulting two underage students to whom he sent pornography while praising his alleged sexual achievements.
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“He sent photos and videos of a pornographic nature […] by pretending to be the man having sex,” explained Me Anna Levin of the prosecution this Friday at the Montreal courthouse.
Alexandre Gagné stood directly in front of the judge and did not say a word while the prosecutor summarized the crimes he had already committed in November 2019, a little over seven months.
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At the time, the 49-year-old defendant was teaching at Collège Stanislas, a private French high school in the Outremont district. When the pandemic began, he started chatting with students on social media.
However, at some point he started talking about sex with a 16-year-old student. He then joined a chat group with a sexual-sounding name. He then asked if the teenager had consumed pornography.
“The frequency of conversations increased in April 2020,” the statement of facts states.
And when the teenager remembered that she was a minor, Gagné asked her when she would grow up.
As for a second victim, Gagné led him to believe that he was making pornographic videos on the Porhub website.
“He talked to her about sexuality and wanted to know details about her sex life by asking her questions about her relationship with her boyfriend,” the Crown said.
Gagné's behavior stopped when charges were filed against him. And following a police investigation, he was arrested on a number of charges, including sexual assault.
However, this Friday he finally pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of providing sexually explicit material to minors “to facilitate the commission of a crime against them.” [de nature sexuelle]. »
It should be noted that this charge was filed on a “summary basis,” which is considered less serious than a criminal charge.
Gagné will return to court in March for further proceedings. Until then, he must undergo a psychological evaluation.
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