Penticton City Councillor James Miller has been asked to not attend public events after past sexual assault charges in Ontario, for which he was acquitted, have surfaced.

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To further clarify, the city said Miller has only been asked not to attend public community events as a city representative.

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Miller is also the managing editor of the Penticton Herald. The criminal charges came to light on social media recently.

Miller has issued the following statement:

Almost two decades ago I was charged with assault and sexual assault and sexual interference. In 2006 I was acquitted of all those charges. I remain grateful to the Canadian legal system that found these allegations against me were unproven.

Since the charges were dismissed, I have moved on with my personal and professional life, believing that this difficult time in my past was now behind me and no longer relevant. It is troubling that someone has now attempted to make this old court case news, but I trust people in this community will judge me on the work I have done on their behalf as a Councillor and as editor of a local newspaper. My present goals remain to work for the citizens of Penticton as one of their Councillors and to continue my profession as a journalist.

Shortly after, he moved to Alberta before moving to the Okanagan where he began working at the Penticton Herald in 2008. The HeraldB次元官网网址檚 general manager Shannon Huggard confirmed that Miller will continue in his position of editor.

In 2021, Miller entered politics, running in the by-election and winning. He sought re-election and won his seat in 2022.

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