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A deeper look at the Dennis Wideman lawsuit

News broke on Thursday afternoon about Don Henderson’s lawsuit against Dennis Wideman. Since then, CTV’s Chris Epp – who broke the story and is a good follow for whatever happens next in this suit – has been kind enough to share some documents with us so we actually have a grasp of the suit’s substance.

Here’s everything we know right now.

What’s the claim?

In the Statement of Claim, filed with the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta on April 18, Henderson claims two basic things:

  1. “At the time of the incident, Wideman intentionally and deliberately struck Don Henderson.