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The Canadian Press
Posted June 12, 2025 9:03 am
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Prosecutors are anticipated to proceed their closing submissions Thursday on the sexual assault trial of 5 former members of Canada’s world junior hockey group.
Prosecutor Meaghan Cunningham argued Wednesday that Michael McLeod invited his teammates into his London, Ont., lodge room for group sexual exercise with out the complainant’s information or consent, which she mentioned paints the proof of all different witnesses in “a really completely different gentle.”
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Cunningham argued the girl didn’t voluntarily conform to the sexual acts that occurred within the early morning hours of June 19, 2018, nor did the gamers take affordable steps to substantiate her consent.
Consent is a central challenge within the trial, which started in late April.
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Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dube, and Callan Foote have pleaded not responsible to sexual assault, whereas McLeod has additionally pleaded not responsible to a further cost of being a celebration to the offence of sexual assault.
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Defence attorneys made their submissions to the choose earlier this week, taking goal on the complainant’s credibility and reliability as a witness and arguing she actively participated within the sexual exercise that night time.
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