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Rodney Frenette’s daughter, Krystel, and other loved ones told Justice Christa Bourque on Wednesday how Michael Glaspy’s actions changed their lives.

Michael Glaspy of Riverview to be sentenced Sept. 8 for manslaughter in death of Rodney Frenette

Katelin Belliveau · CBC News

· Posted: Aug 13, 2025 5:26 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago

A woman with long blond hair wearing a red shirt sits at a table with another woman with shoulder-length brown hair and a black shirt.

Rodney Frenette’s daughter Krystel Frenette, left, and his sister Constance Frenette described for the court how his death has affected them. (Pascal Raiche-Nogue/Radio-Canada)

The daughter of a casino manager who died two years ago after an assault by a customer told a Moncton courtroom Wednesday how her father’s death has changed her life.

“The joy has been stolen from my life,” Krystel Frenette said, standing in front of several benches where her father’s loved ones sat in Moncton’s Court of King’s Bench.

“He was not just a victim or a case number, he was my dad. He was my mother’s rock.”

Her statement was one of the eight victim impact statements that Justice Christa Bourque received during the sentencing hearing for Michael Glaspy of Riverview.

Glaspy was found guilty in June of manslaughter in the death of Frenette in March 2023 after the two of them got into an altercation at the pub inside Casino New Brunswick in Moncton.

It was the first time Frenette’s family spoke in court in the more than two years since Glaspy was charged,

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