Hockey sexual assault trial showcases incriminating phone video evidence

Wednesday, April 30, 2025, 12:20 pm

In a high-profile trial, prosecutors presented cell phone videos that purportedly capture the moments surrounding a controversial sexual assault allegation involving hockey players. The trial has taken an unexpected twist as the video evidence fuels conflicting narratives of consent versus coercion amid intense courtroom debate.

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theglobeandmail.com / Evidence entered in Hockey Canada sex-assault case includes texts, videos allegedly from player’s cellphone

Prosecutors present the evidence as part of a detailed timeline of events they say led to the alleged assault in June, 2018

cp24.com/ / LIVE: ‘You’re OK with this?’ Male voice heard asking complainant in ex-world juniors sexual assault trial - CP24

LIVE: ‘You’re OK with this?’ Male voice heard asking complainant in ex-world juniors sexual assault trial CP24

thestar.com / ‘It was all consensual,’ alleged victim in Canada world junior hockey sex assault case said on video

Prosecutors intend to show that the woman was complying because she was surrounded by large men she didn’t know while separated from her friends.

citynews.ca / Hockey players’ sexual assault trial shown security, phone videos

LONDON — A young woman prosecutors allege was sexually assaulted by five hockey players in June 2018 said it was “all consensual” in a cellphone video recorded near the end of the encounter. The video was one of several clips shown today at the trial of Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton,…

thestar.com / Hockey players' sexual assault trial shown security, phone videos

LONDON - A young woman prosecutors allege was sexually assaulted by five hockey players in June 2018 said it was "all consensual" in a cellphone video recorded near the end of the encounter.

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