Court resumes at 10 a.m. ET
The trial for five former world junior hockey teammates accused of sexual assault resumes this morning in London, Ont., with more cross-examination of the woman complainant.
She’s identified as E.M. as her identity is protected under a standard publication ban.
A lawyer for one of the accused, Michael McLeod, suggested during his questioning yesterday that the complainant asked McLeod to call other players into a hotel room in June 2018 and later asked them to have sex.
David Humphrey also suggested the woman wanted “the night to continue” after having sex with McLeod and told him to have some of his friends come over “to have some fun” because she wanted a “wild night.”
E.M. rejected that version of events and said she remembered being “very surprised” when more men walked into the room on the night in question.
McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dubé and Callan Foote have all pleaded not guilty to sexual assault. McLeod has also pleaded not guilty to a charge of being a party to the offence of sexual assault.