Court Returns Applebaum’s Passport for Vacation Plans

This article was last updated on April 16, 2022

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Court has granted permission to return the confiscated passport of former Mayor of Montreal, Michael Applebaum, since he is scheduled to go on a vacation. Applebaum’s passport was taken in police custody at the time of his arrest in June on charges of fraud and breach of public trust. His lawyer had made a request to the Crown’s office last week, asking for it to be returned, that was approved today. Applebaum is now anticipated to leave town next week for 10 days on a trip that was scheduled before his arrest last month.

In a statement issued today by the Crown prosecutor, Marie-Hélène Giroux, stated that “we don’t fear that he will not come back.” In today’s hearing, Applebaum’s case was only attended briefly as lawyers argued over sealed search warrants. Applebaum’s attorney, Conrad Lord, was persistent that sealed documents shall remain sealed, whereas on the contrary, lawyers representing the media argued for them to be made accessible. A decision on that issue isn’t expected today.

The province’s anti-corruption unit, UPAC, has explained that the charges laid against former mayor Michael Applebaum, charged with fraud, corruption and breach of trust, are overall focused on him seeking permission and political support for two real estate projects in Montreal’s Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough between 2006 and 2011. Soon after Gerald Tremblay’s resignation, Applebaum was elected interim mayor as the city underwent serious allegations of collusion and illegal fundraising in Union Montreal party.

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