Crown set to cross-examine one of five hockey players accused of sexual assault

Carter Hart said he was drunk when he arrived at the hotel and said he had several memory holes.

Crown cross-examines one of five hockey players accused of sexual assault

LONDON — One of five hockey players accused of sexual assault says he went to a London, Ont., hotel room hoping for and expecting a sexual encounter with an unknown woman but didn’t know anything about what the woman wanted when he got there.

Crown set to cross-examine one of five hockey players accused of sexual assault

LONDON — Prosecutors in the sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team are expected to cross-examine one of the accused players today. Carter Hart took the stand in his defence Thursday after the Crown finished presenting its evidence in the case. He told the court he was drunk when he got to teammate Michael McLeod's hotel room in the early morning hours of June 19, 2018. Hart said he was excited when a wom…

World junior trial: Hart ‘assumed’ threesome invite was just that, court hears

Carter Hart, one of five members of Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team accused of sexual assault, “assumed” an invite by a teammate for a threesome was just that.

LONDON — A hockey player believed that a woman's offer to have sex with him and her teammates in a hotel room in London, Ontario meant that she consented to any sexual act with one of the men, suggested prosecutors on Friday in a sexual assault trial involving four other players. Carter Hart had to answer a series of prosecutors' questions as to whether he had taken steps to confirm that a "mysterious woman," who was in a hotel room with him and…

Anova raises concerns amid Hockey Canada trial

London-based gender-based violence centre Anova has raised concerns over the proceedings of the Hockey Canada sexual assault trial and the legal system after the jury was dismissed on May 16.