A judge has ruled that Jason Arthur Pearson should have a preliminary hearing on sexual assault charges against minors.
Pearson is facing three charges stemming from August 2022.
He is accused of obtaining sexual services of a person under the age of 18, did, and for a sexual purpose did get a person under the age of sixteen years to touch him with an object, and administering Xanax, Cocaine, Molly, Acid, Methamphetamine.
He is also charged with failing to comply with release order conditions and failing to appear in court.
On March 13, 2023, approximately four months after Pearson was charged, he elected to proceed by Trial before a King’s Bench Justice alone and requested a preliminary inquiry.
On March 11, an Edmonton judge ordered that a one-day preliminary inquiry should be scheduled within 60 days.
