US EditionNHLer Brett Howden's text message can’t be used as evidence at trial of ex-world junior players, judge rules
- Five men who previously played for Canada’s World Junior hockey team are facing sexual assault charges related to an incident that took place in a London, Ontario hotel room in June 2018.
- The charges follow a Hockey Canada gala event and stem from accusations involving a complainant identified as E.M., with all accused pleading not guilty.
- During the trial, NHL player Brett Howden testified but the judge ruled his 2018 text messages describing the incident inadmissible under the past recollection recorded rule.
- Howden sent a text to his teammate Taylor Raddysh expressing relief about having left the situation and mentioning that, as he was departing, Dillon Dube was seen grabbing a woman’s buttocks; however, the judge determined that Howden could not confirm the message’s reliability.
- The Crown is pursuing admission of the text messages under the principled exception to hearsay, signaling ongoing legal debate on critical evidence in the case.
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Team Canada Junior: Brett Howden's Text Will Not Be Admitted as Proof - Canada English
On Friday, an Ontario judge ruled that the text messages sent by a former member of Team Canada Junior cannot currently be admitted to trial for sexual assault of five of his former teammates, pushing prosecutors to look for another way to present the messages as evidence. Brett Howden was questioned on Thursday during a hearing – essentially a trial – about a text exchange he had with his then partner, Taylor Raddysh, on June 26, 2018. In this …
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