Rick Westhead
Senior Correspondent at The Sports Network (TSN)
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ctvnews.ca | Kristylee Varley |Rick Westhead
After seven days, the cross examination of E.M., the complainant in the sexual assault trial of five former junior hockey players, is over. Julianne Greenspan the fifth and final defence attorney, questioned E.M in a London, Ont., courtroom on Tuesday. During the afternoon session, Greenspan, who is representing Cal Foote, suggested to E.M. that she was not as drunk as she has testified she was on the evening of June 18, 2018.
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tsn.ca | Rick Westhead
Content advisory: This article includes graphic details of alleged sexual assault A lawyer representing Callan Foote, one of the five former members of Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team who are on trial after being charged with sexual assault, suggested Tuesday the complainant in the case has had “an agenda” by referring to the defendants throughout the trial as “men” rather than “boys.” Michael McLeod, Alex Formenton, Carter Hart, Dillon Dube and Foote have been charged with sexually...
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1 day ago |
tsn.ca | Rick Westhead
A lawyer representing Callan Foote, one of the five former members of Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team who are on trial after being charged with sexual assault, suggested Tuesday the complainant in the case has had an agenda by referring to the defendants throughout the trial as “men” rather than “boys.” Michael McLeod, Alex Formenton, Carter Hart, Dillon Dube and Foote have been charged with sexually assaulting a woman referred to in court records as E.M. in McLeod’s hotel room...
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2 days ago |
tsn.ca | Rick Westhead
Content advisory: This article includes graphic language and details of alleged sexual assault A lawyer representing Dillon Dube, one of five former members of Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team who have been charged with sexual assault, suggested Monday that while someone slapped the complainant on the buttocks during a sexual encounter in Michael McLeod’s hotel room, the slap was “playful.” During cross-examination on her seventh day of testifying, E.M., whose identity is protected by a...
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4 days ago |
ctvnews.ca | Rick Westhead
Warning: This story contains graphic details and allegations of sexual assault A lawyer for one of the five former members of Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team suggested Friday that the complainant’s accounts to London police and Hockey Canada of what happened at a downtown London bar the night of the alleged sexual assaults contained a number of inaccuracies.
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Tyler Steenbergen, a former member of Canada’s 2018 world junior team, testified Wednesday that he watched as Carter Hart and Michael McLeod received oral sex in a London hotel room in the early morning hours of June 19, 2018, from E.M., the complainant in the sexual assault
Crown attorney Meaghan Cunningham asked E.M. on Wednesday to recall the time when she was alone with McLeod in his hotel room on June 18-19, 2018, before other men began to appear. E.M. has previously testified that she can’t recall having any conversations with McLeod during
From @rwesthead: E.M. testified Wednesday at the London hockey trial that when she filed a personal injury lawsuit in 2022 against Hockey Canada and eight unnamed players, her understanding was that the players would not be publicly identified: https://t.co/Lq32i3XzYO
After nine days on the stand, E.M. has finished testifying at the hockey sexual assault trial in London, Ont. Tyler Steenbergen, a member of Canada's 2018 world junior hockey team, is now testifying. Steenbergen has not been accused of wrongdoing.