Jacques Gallant
Courts and Justice Reporter at The (Toronto) Star
@TorontoStar courts and justice reporter. Don't get mad, get everything. Get in touch: [email protected].
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3 days ago |
therecord.com | Jacques Gallant
A “treasure trove” of evidence thrown out and two juries dismissed. The players, all of whom were part of Canada’s team at the 2018 world junior championships, have been standing trial since April. The Star’s courts and justice reporter Jacques Gallant is reporting on the legal saga that has captured public attention and sparked a reckoning over the handling of sexual misconduct allegations in professional sports.
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5 days ago |
thespec.com | Jacques Gallant
The defence closed its case at the high-profile Hockey Canada sexual assault trial Monday, with four of the five players deciding not to take the stand — a decision outside lawyers say could raise questions about the strength of the Crown’s case.
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5 days ago |
thespec.com | Jacques Gallant
The complainant in the Hockey Canada sexual assault case “was actually quite upset” when a London, Ont., police detective broke the news to her in 2022 that the force was taking a second look at its initial investigation that had led to no criminal charges, the detective testified Monday as the high-profile trial wrapped up. “I felt pretty bad because it felt like ... I got the sense that I was opening up some wounds that she was trying to close,” said Det.
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1 week ago |
thespec.com | Jacques Gallant
While Carter Hart has testified about being in a London, Ont., hotel room with a woman demanding to have sex with his teammates, the Crown suggested Friday that the players were determined “to keep her there and do sexual things because it was fun for you guys.” It was Hart’s second day in the witness box as the first accused player to testify in his own defence at the high-profile Hockey Canada sexual assault trial.
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1 week ago |
thespec.com | Jacques Gallant
If something “disrespectful or degrading” happened while he was in a London, Ont., hotel room with a woman demanding to have sex with his teammates, Carter Hart says he would have stopped it or left. “I can’t see why I would have stayed in that room,” he testified Thursday, becoming the first accused player at the high-profile Hockey Canada sexual assault trial to take the stand in his own defence after the prosecution closed its case on Thursday.
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'I am giving my truth': Defence presses Hockey Canada complainant on inconsistencies with video footage https://t.co/N84qQKMkWg via @torontostar
'I knew he didn’t do anything': Hockey Canada complainant blames her lawyers for false accusation in high-profile lawsuit https://t.co/j7JiVvkWpK via @torontostar
Hockey Canada complainant says she took on ‘porn star persona’ because ‘it seemed like that’s what they wanted to see’ https://t.co/q36lnmtHkE via @torontostar