Patrick Brazeau pleads guilty to simple assault, cocaine possession

Patrick Brazeau pleaded guilty to simple assault and cocaine possession at the resumption of his criminal trial today in Gatineau, Que., but the senator was formally acquitted of sexual assault.

Brazeau, 40, entered the plea this morning in Quebec Court, after the Crown and defence reached an agreement last week on on how to settle the matter.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/brazeau-court-tuesday-assault-1.3228567