A University of Manitoba professor has been arrested in connection with a historic sexual assault investigation, Winnipeg police say.

Oleg Pokhanovski, 55, turned himself in to police on July 29 after being charged with sexual exploitation and sexual assault for a series of incidents between December 2007 and March 2010.

Pokhanovski, who was in his 30s at the time of the incidents, is accused of grooming a 15-year-old student he was providing private music lessons to at the university.

Sexual assaults allegedly occurred off-campus, and police allege the professor continued trying to contact the girl via email after she attempted to end the relationship.

The girl, now an adult, reported the incidents to police after moving from Winnipeg.

Pokhanovski is an acclaimed violinist who has wo

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