A Crown attorney criticized the suggestion that drinking, dancing or flirting signals sexual availability in her closing argument
The Crown prosecuting five former junior hockey players accused of sexually assaulting a woman took aim at defence criticisms of her
A lawyer for one of the five former world junior hockey players being tried for sexual assault took aim at Hockey Canada, London police
The lawyers representing five hockey players on trial for sexual assault called their accuser’s evidence “an exercise in fact-finding frustration.”
It started, Michael McLeod’s defence lawyer said, with “a white lie.” It’s ended up in a London courtroom where five 2018 Team Canada junior hockey players are on trial over sexual assault allegations that David Humphrey called “preposterous.” Humphrey, the first of the five defence legal teams to give a closing argument, described the 27‑year‑old […]
Testimony has finished in the trial of five members of Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team accused of sexually assaulting a woman
Carter Hart said he believes if anyone had been offside with the woman in Canadian world junior hockey teammate Michael McLeod’s hotel room, he would have said something, done something or simply left.
Trial of five players from Canada's 2018 world junior hockey team, charged with sexual assault, continues on Thursday
Cross-examination of NHL player Brett Howden continues at the trial of five of his teammates from Canada's 2018 world junior hockey team
The trial of five players from Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team resumes on Monday at the London courthouse. Follow along below for live coverage by LFP reporter Dale Carruthers
Brett Howden doesn’t have a clear memory of what happened in Room 209 of the Delta Armouries hotel in London, but remembered “just feeling uncomfortable.” The Vegas Golden Knights player, who began his testimony on Tuesday, was in Michael McLeod’s hotel room with teammates on June 19, 2018, where a woman says she was sexually […]
