A Maryland court has released documents detailing the legal proceedings around governor general-designate Julie Payette's divorce from fighter test pilot Billie Flynn. The documents only became an issue after iPolitics reported in July that Payette had been charged with second-degree assault in 2011, a charge that was quickly dropped and later expunged. The documents deal with matters typical of any divorce and contain only one reference to the charge. During a hearing in January 2015 to discuss whether proceedings should be heard in Quebec or Maryland, Flynn's lawyer tells the court there was an "issue of domestic violence" in reference to the assault charge in Maryland. Governor general-designate Julie Payette's ex-husband, Billie Flynn.

Source: CBC News August 29, 2017 10:00 UTC