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REGINA - The general manager of the Saskatchewan Roughriders has been granted an absolute discharge after admitting to sexually assaulting a teenage girl.
Judge Murray Hinds said he believed Eric Tillman was ``genuinely remorseful'' and his behaviour was fuelled by a bad combination of non-prescription drugs he took for a sore back.
The discharge means Tillman is considered guilty of the offence, but will not have a criminal record, and will not have to meet any conditions to keep his record clear.
Tillman admitted Monday that he sexually assaulted a 16-year-old girl who was babysitting his two children in the summer of 2008.
Court heard he came up behind the teen, put his thumbs through her belt loops and pulled her body against his, although Tillman has said he doesn't remember anything.
The defence said he wasn't thinking clearly because he had taken a double dose of sleep aids and pain medication for a sore back.
(The Canadian Press)
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