Trial Date Set For ‘Riders’ GM Eric Tillman
13/06/2009 03:58
REGINA - The general manager of the Saskatchewan Roughriders will face a trial starting Jan. 4 on a sexual assault charge.
Eric Tillman was not at the provincial courthouse in Regina when two weeks were set aside for the trial.
Tillman, who helped lead the Riders to the Grey Cup championship in 2007, has been on paid administrative leave from the Canadian Football League club.
Tillman, 51, was charged in early February after a complaint by a 16-year-old girl who alleges he sexually assaulted her last summer.
When the charge was first laid, the married father of two suggested there was more to the story and said he would rely on the justice system to air the facts.
SWIVEL HIPS SAYS:
I really thought this thing was going to be settled 'hush-hush' and out of court, folks. If Tillman is going to trial, that tells me he believes he is innocent.