A lawsuit filed in Manitoba’s Court of King’s Bench details sexual assault allegations against former Assembly of First Nations national chief Phil Fontaine.

Fontaine, who served as national chief from 1997-2000 and again from 2003-2009, is alleged to have sexually assaulted a student during a school field trip he led in co-ordination with the Sagkeeng Education Authority 55 years ago.

The lawsuit, filed against Fontaine as well as the school authority, claims the organization put Fontaine in a position of power and failed in its duty of care to protect the alleged victim.

The school authority filed a statement of defence denying the allegations, and saying that Fontaine — who was chief of Sagkeeng First Nation for two terms in 1973 prior to seeking higher office at the provincial and n

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