Glen Crossley, the 46 year-old West Island man once jailed in connection with the death of former Olympic champion Victor Davis 29 years ago, was freed on bail Wednesday.
Crossley was arrested this weekend, this time on a charge of manslaughter for the death of 70-year-old Albert Arsenault in a LaSalle bar last September.
Glen Crossley is accused of pushing Arsenault down a flight of stairs at Station 77 bar on Sept. 18, 2016 and now faces manslaughter charges.
On Wednesday a judge said Glen Crossley could be released until his trial if he deposited $10,000 with the courts.
Other conditions include abstaining from alcohol and drugs, not entering bars, and obeying a curfew at his home in Kirkland.
His lawyer said Crossley, who worked as a DJ and events organizer in recent years, is not currently working, having recently undergone surgery.
Arsenault’s death was initially deemed an accident until Arsenault's son obtained a copy of surveillance video, which he showed to police, which shows another man pushing Arsenault.
Crossley has a prior conviction related to the death of Olympic gold medal swimmer Victor Davis, who was struck and killed by a car in Ste. Anne de Bellevue in 1989.
Three years later, Crossley was sentenced to ten months in jail for failing to stop at the scene of that crash.
Defence lawyer Gaetan Frigon said Crossley’s conviction will not bear any legal impact on the new case.
“It’s very old he did his time back then and you have to remember it was leaving a scene after causing a death so it wasn't anything like a manslaughter,” he said.
Crossley returns to court on March 30 in order to set a date for a preliminary hearing.
