A man has escaped being sent to jail for slapping and abusing a former partner when she refused to have sex with him, threatening to publish explicit videos of the pair, and harassing her with phone calls after she had taken an Apprehended Domestic Violence Order out against him.
Stephen Charles Lombardi was sentenced in Toronto Local Court on Tuesday afternoon to an eight-month Intensive Correction Order - considered a custodial sentence served in the community - as well as 120 hours of community service for his crimes.