Assault
Burnett was assaulted in the early hours of December 26, 2006 inside and outside of a night club in North Delta, British Columbia. He was in a coma in a Vancouver hospital. According to family, he was on life support and in a coma for 3 weeks and doing much better, yet he was also recovering/rehabilitating and being treated regularly as an outpatient four years later. As of 2010, no charges had been laid in the incident.
In December 2008, Burnett sued the Delta police department and corporation of Delta among others as well as the owners of the nightclub Cheers, and bouncers in relation to the 2006 incident
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