The wife of a Manitoba senator is charged with disrupting a flight to Saskatoon. Maygan Sensenberger, 23, and her Liberal Senator husband Rod Zimmer, 69, were allegedly arguing aboard the flight, which landed at Saskatoon's airport the night of Aug. 23, 2012. The couple are seen here in an engagement photo prior to their August 2011 marriage. (Facebook)
WINNIPEG - One charge against a Manitoba senator’s wife accused of air rage has been dropped.
Maygan Sensenberger, 23, was accused of causing a disturbance onboard an Air Canada flight from Halifax to Saskatoon on Thursday.
She is no longer accused of endangering an aircraft, but allegations of causing a disturbance and uttering threats against her husband remain following a Tuesday court appearance, Saskatchewan court officials confirmed.
Sensenberger’s Monday court date, at which she got bail but was ordered to abstain from alcohol and seeing her husband, coincided with her first wedding anniversary to 69-year-old Manitoba Sen. Rod Zimmer.
Some witnesses reported she yelled repeatedly on the plane that her husband was ill and appeared genuinely concerned about his health.
Zimmer was born in Kuroki, Sask,, and lives in Winnipeg. He is a former president of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet and was a member of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers Football Club board of directors for more than a decade before being named to the Senate.
