US EditionComplainant begins testimony at hockey players’ sexual assault trial
- A woman provided testimony about incidents that occurred on June 18, 2018, in London, Ontario, during legal proceedings involving five former junior hockey players accused of sexual assault.
- The incident took place during festivities involving players from Canada's junior hockey roster that won the 2018 world championship, who had gathered locally to celebrate their title.
- The woman testified that before arriving at Jack’s Bar, she drank two coolers at home, then consumed multiple shots, a beer, and a vodka soda while at the bar, where she met the accused amid a crowded and disorderly dance floor.
- She testified by CCTV that she felt claustrophobic and uncomfortable, was drunk, not fully aware of her surroundings, and went along with the situation because of intoxication.
- All five accused have entered not guilty pleas, with Michael McLeod additionally denying involvement as a participant in the sexual assault, and the trial report was released on May 2, 2025.
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Complainant begins testimony at hockey players' sexual-assault trial
LONDON — A woman prosecutors allege was sexually assaulted by five hockey players described Friday feeling increasingly drunk, off balance and out of touch with her surroundings at the bar where she first encountered some of the accused.
Hockey Canada trial: Complainant describes encountering players in bar on night of alleged sexual assault
She wasn’t sure who the rowdy guys were at the downtown London bar, but “at some point I figured it was just a group of hockey friends.” One of them was Mikey, a man she referred to as “McLeod” in court, who seemed really keen to get to know her. But, she said, she was drunk. Really drunk. More drunk than she would usually be if she went out for a night on the town. Before she had left home on June 18, 2018 to meet up with co-workers, she had tw…
Complainant Begins Testimony at Hockey Players’ Sexual Assault Trial
A woman is telling the sexual assault trial of five hockey players she was drunk and not fully aware of her surroundings as she navigated a “chaotic” dance floor at the bar where she first encountered some of the accused. The woman, whose identity is protected by a publication ban, says she had at least eight shots, a beer and a vodka soda at Jack’s Bar in London, Ont., the night of June 18, 2018, as well as two coolers at home beforehand. She s…
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