MISTAKEN IDENTITY: Attorney General of Canada pours cold water on lawsuit by Manitoba man wrongly accused of CSA

[Jim Burton]

https://www.ctvnews.ca/winnipeg/article ... be-tossed/

Taylor was arrested in June 2024 by RCMP and mistakenly charged in connection with a child sex exploitation ring in Portage la Prairie. One month later, the charges were stayed.

“The Manitoba RCMP Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) unit has determined that Scott Joseph Taylor, 34, named in the initial release, was not involved in this occurrence,” a statement from the RCMP at the time said in part. “As a result, all charges against Scott Joseph Taylor have been formally stayed in court.”

Despite the charges being stayed, Taylor said he was the victim of vigilante responses, verbal and physical assaults and had his home vandalized.

In his lawsuit, Taylor alleges RCMP mistook him for another man with the same name. He claims in his lawsuit that “easily attainable and verifiable” information, such as his lack of facial hair and a different company work truck in his driveway, would have proved that RCMP arrested the wrong man.