The charges were filed in a Quebec City courthouse on Sept. 26.
Both dates overlap with the artists appearance at Festival dete de Quebec in Quebec City.
According toCBC, the complaint against Knaan was first filed with police in Montreal in May 2022.
K’naan Warsame at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 6 in Toronto, Canada.Mert Alper Dervis/Anadolu/Getty Images
A date to review the case has been scheduled for April 2025.
