As an aside, there will be more developments in the legal case against XO. This thread seems a good place to put that when the time comes. Best keep it open, therefore.
The James, as an aside, I am not sure there will ever be any update. The La Presse article is very vague on what the actual pending charges are. There is no discussion of there being any charges for rape, abuse, use of minors, etc. which forms a large part of the discussion in this thread. Here is what the article actually says about the charges, from my Google Translator:
"Several charges related to prostitution have been brought against the five alleged ringleaders of the agency, and according to our information, at least two buildings used in the commission of the alleged crimes are subject to a freezing order."
We do not know what the prostitution charges are. They sound like bullshit nothing charges to me. The primary goal was to shut down the agency and that was accomplished. So there is a fair chance, I would think, depending on the priors (if any) of the defendants, to get the charges quietly resolved with no fanfare.
As far as the freezing order goes, that is the problem of XO's landlord. My feeling is that they will probably need to cough up some dough to get rid of that order. Certainly hire some attorneys to get that order discharged. That will quietly go away. The whole thing may go away quietly. But the agency was shut down and that was the main goal of the LE action.
It raises the question of whether the "XO 5" can regroup and start another agency once the smoke clears on the criminal matters. The answer to that question is unknown.
