VANCOUVER — The estate of acclaimed Indigenous artist Norval Morrisseau is being sued in British Columbia by a fellow painter who says Morrisseau sexually assaulted him in 2006.

A lawyer for the estate of Morrisseau says in a statement that the claims are "implausible" because Morrisseau had advanced Parkinson's disease, was in a state of near-paralysis and had no sexual function at the time, in the year before he died.

The lawsuit by Mark Anthony Jacobson was filed in B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver on Aug. 25 and says Morrisseau assaulted him by touching him on the buttocks.

It says Jacobson was visiting Morrisseau at his home and complained of back pain, when the artist's assistant suggested Morrisseau could heal him.

It says when Jacobson turned around, Morrisseau placed his hands

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