US EditionDefence to continue cross-examining complainant today in hockey players’ trial
- Five hockey players, including Michael McLeod, face sexual assault charges related to a June 2018 hotel room incident in London, Ontario, during events honoring their world junior championship win.
- The charges stem from prosecutors asserting the players did not ensure the complainant consented voluntarily despite their actions during the night of drinking and celebrations.
- The complainant, appearing via video from another courthouse room, testified she initially had consensual sex with McLeod but felt scared and compelled when other men entered and instructed her on sexual acts.
- Defense lawyer David Humphrey argued the woman wanted to continue the night and invited McLeod’s friends, while Judge Maria Carroccia permitted jurors to consider evidence about the initial encounter, intoxication, and credibility.
- All accused plead not guilty, have no active NHL contracts, and the trial continues with planned cross-examinations aimed at evaluating testimony and consent issues in this ongoing case.
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Defence in hockey players’ sex-assault trial suggests complainant wanted ‘a wild night’ with group at hotel
Defence lawyer David Humphrey suggested Tuesday that the complainant in the sexual assault trial of five former junior hockey players was the one to bring up inviting other players into a hotel room in June 2018 because she wanted to have a “wild night.”
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