US EditionDefence to continue cross-examining complainant today in hockey players’ trial
- The defence is continuing to cross-examine the complainant, identified as E.M., in the 2025 sexual assault case involving five ex-players from Canada's junior hockey team in London, Ontario.
- The trial concerns events from June 2018, when the hockey players were in town to celebrate their championship win, and E.M. Began testifying last Friday about what happened at a bar and nearby hotel.
- E.M. Described initial consensual sex with Michael McLeod before several accused men entered the hotel room where she felt compelled to comply with their actions while feeling scared and confused.
- E.M. Said she went on "autopilot," was "just scared and confused," and repeatedly rejected defence suggestions, stating she assumed the men played recreational hockey and did not recall inviting others.
- All five accused, including McLeod who faces an additional charge, have pleaded not guilty, and the trial outcome could affect their presumed entry into the NHL and public perception of the 2018 championship team.
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‘Have trouble setting boundaries’: E.M. speaks of night at bar during hockey players’ sexual assault trial
Defence lawyer David Humphrey continued his cross-examination of the complainant Tuesday, in the sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada’s world junior hockey team.
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Defence continues cross-examining complainant in hockey players' sex assault trial
Defence lawyers are continuing their cross-examination of the complainant in the sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team.
Defence to Continue Cross-Examining Complainant Today in Hockey Players’ Trial
Defence lawyers are expected to continue cross-examining the complainant today in the sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada’s world junior hockey team. The woman began testifying last Friday, laying out her account of what happened at a bar and a hotel in downtown London, Ont., in June 2018. She told the court Monday that she went on “autopilot” while in the hotel room, and felt that she had to go along with what the men in the r…
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