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Toronto Man Linked to 2019 Feces Attacks Charged in Two Sexual Assaults

The case renews scrutiny of an earlier prosecution that never had a clear public outcome.

Overview

  • Samuel Opoku, 30, was arrested Tuesday in Toronto and charged with two counts of sexual assault and indecent exposure.
  • Police say two incidents occurred May 9 and May 10, first when he approached a group on a sidewalk and grabbed a woman’s forearm, then when he followed another woman into a commercial office building before fleeing both scenes.
  • Authorities report the women were not physically injured, do not know the suspect, and their identities have not been released.
  • Court documents identify Opoku as the same person accused in Toronto’s 2019 bucket attacks involving “liquefied feces,” later popularized in a 2024 independent film.
  • The outcome of the 2019 case is not publicly known after he spent three weeks in custody on $1,000 bail as his lawyer cited mental-health issues.