US EditionHockey player continues testimony at former world junior teammates’ trial
- The legal proceedings involving five ex-players from Canada’s World Junior hockey team are ongoing in London, Ontario, in 2025, centered on allegations stemming from an incident at a hotel in 2018.
- The case arose from an alleged group sexual assault after a Hockey Canada gala in June 2018, with all accused pleading not guilty as the trial unfolds.
- Brett Howden, an NHL player and Crown witness, testified under scrutiny for inconsistencies between his court statements and earlier investigator accounts during the trial.
- Ontario Superior Court Justice Carroccia found four inconsistencies in Howden’s testimony but ruled he was sincere, while the Crown aims to admit June 2018 text messages as evidence.
- The trial highlights complainant trauma and the importance of support, suggesting ongoing challenges in sexual assault legal processes and evidence evaluation.
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The Toronto StarAt Hockey Canada sex assault trial, prosecution pushes to admit NHLer’s ‘critical’ text messages
The testimony of Vegas Golden Knight centre Brett Howden — a prosecution witness — has not proceeded “as anticipated,” the Crown acknowledged Friday.
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Judge in hockey players' trial to rule on admissibility of ex-teammate's texts
An Ontario judge is expected to rule today on whether texts sent by a former member of Canada's world junior hockey team can be admitted as evidence at the sexual assault trial of five of his ex-teammates.
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