Former senator Don Meredith was found not guilty in his criminal trial on sexual assault charges on Wednesday.
It brings to a close a years-long Senate scandal that tarnished the chamber’s reputation as a safe place to work and shone a spotlight on how difficult it is to remove a wayward member.
Meredith, who resigned from the upper house before he could be expelled for an alleged sexual relationship with a teenager, was facing three counts of sexual assault and one count of criminal harassment relating to his alleged treatment of a former employee, who testified in this case that he engaged in unwanted touching and kissing and abused his power as a parliamentarian.
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