Dale Walters said he had hosted the complainant as a homestay student for 20 years without incident.
The Crown has suspended assault charges against a Burnaby boxer who won a bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
Dale Colin Walters, 60, allegedly assaulted another man on July 15, 2023, according to Vancouver provincial court documents.
However, these charges were stayed by the Crown on January 22.
Walters previously told Glacier Media that she had a relationship with a troubled homestay student who lived in the attic. He denied assaulting the man and said they had gotten into an argument about the man remaining in the house any longer.
The man, identified in court documents as Lucca Borzemi, called police and complained of assault, Walters said.
Ms Walters said she has hosted homestay students through the Tamwood International Homestay Program for 20 years without any problems.
“I have students home who are learning English,” he said. “I've never had any problems.”
Walters was first indicted on September 14th.
championship boxing career
Walters, who was inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame in 2006, spent his high school years at the same time as actor Michael J. Fox, balancing his acting career with his athletic ambitions.
Walters' Hall of Fame biography notes that he competed with Foxx for the role. He landed a starring role in Ritter's Cove, a spin-off of The Beachcombers, and also played the lead role in the Huckleberry Finn miniseries, which aired in the United States.
When boxing and acting began to conflict, the allure of the ring proved to be strongest, and Walters devoted himself fully to his boxing pursuits.
According to his biography, he won the Canadian Bantamweight 54kg Championship three years in a row from 1982 to 1984 and was honored as Canada's Outstanding Boxer in each year.
In his first international match at the 1982 World Championship, Walters defeated current world champion Slavimir Zabart (Poland) and finished 11th in the tournament.
At the 1982 Commonwealth Games, Walters was a favorite to win a medal, but a controversial decision led to his early exit from the tournament. Another controversial decision led to his expulsion from the Pan American Games a year later.
Before the Los Angeles Games, Walters was ranked ninth in the world.
At this competition, he won a bronze medal in the 54kg bantamweight category. He became the first Canadian boxer to reach the podium in 52 years, since Horace 'Lefty' Gwynne won the gold medal.
Walters was inducted into the Canadian Boxing Hall of Fame in 1996.
