"In the lawsuit filed last year, Jacobson sought C$5m ($3.6m) from the estate in general, aggravated and punitive damages. He alleged Morrisseau reached into his pants and touched him on the buttocks after Morrisseau's assistant suggested he could heal Jacobson's back pain. In an affidavit filed last September, Jacobson acknowledged that Morrisseau suffered from Parkinson's disease, but claimed he was "still able to use his arms and hands in 2006, with assistance"."
"It was signed by the plaintiff Mark Anthony Jacobson and Jason Gratl, the lawyer representing Morrisseau's estate, and filed in the BC Supreme Court in Vancouver on 6 January. "This case proceeded to a quick and decisive resolution," Gratl tells The Art Newspaper. "We cross-examined the plaintiff on the substance of his allegations, after which his lawyer withdrew, and the plaintiff consented to the dismissal of his claim without any payment to him.""
The lawsuit alleging sexual assault by Norval Morrisseau against plaintiff Mark Anthony Jacobson was dismissed for all purposes and without costs. The dismissal order was signed by Jacobson and estate lawyer Jason Gratl and filed in BC Supreme Court in Vancouver on 6 January. Jacobson had sought C$5m alleging Morrisseau reached into his pants and touched his buttocks after an assistant suggested a healing for back pain. The estate asserted Morrisseau was incapacitated by advanced Parkinson's, confined in a strapped wheelchair and had no libido. Jacobson acknowledged Parkinson's but said Morrisseau could use his arms with assistance. Morrisseau died in 2007 at age 75 and is considered founder of the Woodlands School of Art.
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