Okay sir, so, um, just before we begin here I just want to let you know that we are being
audio and video recorded right now. Because there's a camera just up in the corner
and uh this device up here's a microphone so it's picking up everything that we say, okay?
"Okay." Um, the time right now is, uh, 10:17 p.m
and today's date is Monday, June the 20th 2016. My name is Detective Paul Gauthier — g-a-u-t-h-i-e-r
badge number 5371 of 32 Division. My partner here is... Constable Dunning, uh, 10055
33 Division. Okay, sir and your name is? "Bruce McArthur." And if you can spell it for me
please? "Uh, b-r-u-c-e and McArthur m-small c-capital a- r-t-h-u-r." Okay sir and, uh, right now uh you're
under arrest, uh, you were placed under arrest this evening for the offence of assault okay
uh you've been brought here to 32 Division for the purposes of being investigated for that offense
okay, so a few minutes ago we just had a brief conversation, I introduced myself and I gave you
an opportunity to provide a statement and you said that you wanted to do so, is that correct? "That's
correct." Okay, and at the same time I also asked you if you wanted to speak to a lawyer before doing
so. I'm going to ask you again, do you wish to do that before we begin? "No, it's fine." Okay sir um so
an allegation has been made against you and this officer in just a moment is going to let you know
exactly what that allegation is, okay? What I'm gonna do to you, uh, right now is just read you a
caution and let you know um that you're being investigated for the offense of assault okay?
You're not obliged to say anything unless you wish to do so, but whatever you say may be given
in evidence. Do you understand? "I do." Okay, do you wish to say anything in answer to the charge
"Umm, well..." Again, just do you wish to provide us a statement? "Yes." Some clarity as to what
happened? Okay so just understand sir again you're not under any obligation to give us
the statement whatsoever. You're allowed to uh cease communicating with us at any time
but we're certainly giving you an opportunity to present your side of the story. So
this officer is just going to give you an overview here what's being alleged, okay?
So the allegations are that around 6:30 pm this evening you met up with a gentleman
at the intersection of Bathurst and Finch. During the course of your involvement with him, there was
an allegation made of an assault, which is choking, was the allegation made and that's basically why
you're under arrest today, for that assault. "Okay." Okay. So, sir, if you would like to provide us with
your account of what occurred earlier this evening? "Well, I met _______. We talked about going for dinner
he said he needed to take a shower so I said I'd meet him at the Tim Hortons at Finch and Bathurst
And so he arrived and, um, we were going to have sex and he suggested doin' it in the back of his truck
since it hadn't been used yet, so it was a brand new truck. I said, well
there's more room in the back of my van. So we went to my van.
And we started
kissing and I put my hand down his pants and he wanted me to
So I did and he got aroused by that and um
So then I thought, okay, he likes it rough so I put my hand to his throat and
just for a few seconds because he before that — he, he's very strong — he just completely turned
around and grabbed me by the throat. He said and he said, 'Now I'm going to show you what I'm going to
do to you' and he kept me by the throat to the point that I couldn't breathe, so I put my hands
up in the air like, I surrender, because I couldn't talk, and that's when he finally let go
And then he jumped out of the car, he said um 'I don't want to see you again.' So I sat there
because I was kind of out of breath and I thought he was getting in his car to leave because he started
the car and it was running, I could hear it running, because he was parked right beside me and, um, the next
thing I heard him say is '9-1-1' or whatever. And so I thought, oh gosh, he's calling the cops
And so, um, I got out and then he got out and walked around and was taking my license plate and
that, and so, um, that's when I got kind of uptight and I got in the car and i drove off
And then the more I thought about it, I thought, well I should go and give my side of it but I could
not think for the life of me where police station was in that area so the only one I could think
of was downtown, but then I realized there's one somewhere on Eglinton and that's where I drove to."
Okay
Just on the last point, sir, um, did you go to that police station on Eglinton before
um, the officers contacted you? "Yeah, no, I went there and then they came there to me"
Okay
"The lady that spoke to the, um, I told her came to make a statement and she said
she ran my name and she said there's nothing coming up on the screen. I said, well what about
my license plate, and she said it would show up too." Okay. "So that's when she called." So you
went on your own free will, it's not like an officer called you to come and speak with me... "No, no one
called me." [Cough] Excuse me. Anything like that? "No." Okay, um so you indicated that this incident occurred
... last name. "I don't know his last name. I just..."
And how long have you known him for?
"Two or three years, maybe"
Okay, and as you're describing it, um, this is somebody that you're
in an intimate relationship with, is that right? "Well, intimate? We see
maybe, I see him every two, three months, maybe." Okay and how did the two of you meet?
"Online, I think."
Online?
"I think online."
Okay, has anything like this ever happened before where things got out of hand? "Not like that, no not
that quickly or not, you know, just like that." Things have ever gotten violent? "No." No, okay, um so you
indicated that I think it was around 6:30 pm you said? "Yeah. Between 6:30 and 7:00." Okay and you said — "I think" — you —
"Yeah, something like that, I think maybe 6:30, 7:00." Yeah, okay, and you said you met at the Tim
Hortons parking lot at Bathurst and Finch, is that right? "Yeah." Okay, so it still would have
been bright outside at 6:30, right? "Hmm-hmm." Okay and you indicated that you were going to have sex in his
truck but it was new... "He suggested that, yeah, and I said, well there's more room in
the back of my van than there is your truck." Okay, what kind of truck did he have? "The Ford, um
the Ford something, four-door." Okay and your van is...?
"A what? It's a Dodge Caravan." Dodge Caravan, okay, and you said that the two you
were parked beside each other right? "Yeah." And then you went into your van, is that right? And
then you said you started kissing. "Yeah." And that's when this incident basically happened, is that right? "Well, then ____"
Okay, um, what part of the van were you in when this happened?
"Back seat." The back seat. Like the backseat or like the very back of... "Well, there's only one seat
actually the seats are all out except for one seat, one bucket seat in there." Okay. "So there's quite a bit of room"
Okay, and was there a possibility for anybody else to see what had gone on?
"No." Okay, why do you say that? "Well, because you're lying on the floor
who could see you?" Oh so you're down some? "Yeah I'm lying flat on the floor." Okay
And you indicated that you started to, uh, _____
And he indicated that he wanted it, uh, rougher
I believe you... "He said 'harder, as hard as you can do it.'" Okay and at that point you said
that you motioned your hands up to his neck... "Well, after you know we did that for a while
Okay, okay. "So I figured he obviously liked that. Okay, and what was your, um
reason for bringing your hands up to his neck? What was your understanding?
"I just think, I thought he liked it rough." Okay
"He was getting off on that"
And then you indicated that immediately he then put his hands around your neck, is that right? "He quickly —
he was, like, he's very strong — before you know it he just had completely swung around and was facing me
on, pushing me down and his hands were around my neck." Okay. "Like, like really quick." So there's a
brief struggle? "Yeah, well that, well I couldn't struggle with him once he had his hands
around my neck I was — he was very strong." Okay, um, how long did this last for approximately? "Seconds"
Are you injured at all, sir? "No." Do you believe he would have been injured? "I didn't think so"
Lacey, do you have any questions?
No, that's pretty good
Okay, sir, just before we conclude is there anything else you feel
might be important to tell us before we, uh, end the interview?
"Like what? I don't know what else there would be to..." We always give people an
opportunity to say something that maybe we haven't asked before we, uh, conclude
"I don't know, we have had sex, you know, numerous times. I never had a problem." Sure. "You know? It's... I dunno..."
Okay, all right, uh, time that I have is uh 10:28. We'll complete the interview here