09-07-2025
Accused Windsor officer set to testify in sexual assault trial: Defence lawyer
An Ontario Superior Court of Justice building can be seen on Tuesday, April 13, 2021. (Michelle Maluske/CTV Windsor)
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Staff Sgt. Ken Price is scheduled to defend himself Thursday on four allegations of sexual assault against a former female auxiliary force member.
The complainant in the case, who cannot be identified because of a standard publication ban, spent the last three days explaining what happened to her between 2011 and 2015.
'There was a progression in his behaviour,' the woman said Wednesday.
'He targeted me.'
While she was a member of the auxiliary force, the woman alleges she had several 'negative interactions' with Price.
They started with sexualized comments and advanced to inappropriate physical contact, she told the court.
The woman said he would make 'unwarranted' comments 'out of nowhere' about the men she dated or the way she looked.
It turned physical – the woman alleges – sometime in 2012 or 2013 during a training exercise when she volunteered as an 'actor'.
'I'm playing the wife,' the woman testified.
'I just remember him (Staff Sgt. Price) on top of me, dry humping me during the scenario.'
In another incident she accuses Price of pressing his body against her back and 'sniffing' her hair.
She told the court she responded by saying 'Stop! You are such a weirdo.'
Another officer, who witnessed the alleged interaction, 'downplayed' what Price did, according to the woman, asking her to 'forgive him' because she 'reminds Price of his wife'.
Defence lawyer Dan Scott accused the woman of 'misleading the court'.
Scott said the woman never filed a formal complaint with the police force after the alleged assaults and inappropriate behaviour.
The woman insists she told 'everyone' about the alleged sexual harassment and unwanted physical contact but 'the service did not come to help me out of the gate.'
'I have no faith in the Windsor Police Service,' the woman told the court.
The woman filed a complaint to the Office of the Independent Police Review Director (OIPRD), but court learned they couldn't investigate because she was an employee of the service at the time.
The complaint however was sent to the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) which ultimately laid charges against Price.
Scott questioned why the woman made no note of potential witnesses to her alleged assaults at the time but mentioned officers by name to the SIU.
'You're making this up,' Scott suggested to her Wednesday.
The woman was very emotional in her response.
'I don't want to be here. I don't want to sit here being judged by everyone,' the woman said.
'This is the pain behind my trauma.'
The Assistant Crown Attorney will re-examine the woman's evidence Friday, before handing the case to the defence.
Scott confirmed to CTV News his client will be testifying Friday.
