3 h. ago Defence continues questioning female complainant in world junior sex assault trial

The female complainant in the high-profile sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada’s world junior hockey team continues to be under intense cross-examination.

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6 h. ago Toronto city councillor begins testimony in sex assault trial

Michael Thompson, 65, has maintained his innocence and pleaded not guilty to two counts of sexual assault.

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16 h. ago MANDEL: Councillor Michael Thompson takes stand at his sex assault trial

Finally, long-time Toronto Councillor Michael Thompson took the stand to begin his side of the story that has branded him a lecherous man who sexually assaulted two women after luring them to a friend’s Muskoka cottage during the Canada Day long weekend in 2022. Wearing a royal blue suit and tie, Thompson, 65, looked remarkably […]

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5 d. ago Teammates of former world junior players testifying at sex assault trial

The sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team is hearing Friday from other players who were on the 2018 team.

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6 d. ago NHL player testifies about group chat screenshot at world junior sex assault trial

An active NHL player testified Wednesday at the high-profile sexual assault trial involving five former members of Canada’s world junior hockey team.

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8 d. ago Woman testifies in sex assault trial of Edmonton addictions counsellor

She told the court she repeatedly told him she wasn’t comfortable and was not interested in getting naked.

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8 d. ago Trial begins in former world junior hockey players’ sexual assault case

Prosecutors say a woman felt she had no choice but to go along with what a group of hockey players told her to do inside a London, Ont., hotel room nearly seven years ago.

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1 week ago Jury chosen for sex assault trial of former world junior hockey players

A jury was chosen Friday to hear the high-profile trial of five former Team Canada world junior hockey players charged with sexual assault. A jury of nine women and five men was picked over the course of the day. A man and a woman were picked as alternate jurors. As was explained to the jury […]

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1 week ago MANDEL: Mistrial declared in junior hockey players’ sex assault trial

A new panel was set to be chosen at the London, Ont. courthouse on Friday

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1 week ago Legal arguments dominate Day 2 of world junior sex assault trial

An Ontario court heard legal arguments Thursday in the high-profile sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada’s world junior hockey team.

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1 week ago MANDEL: ‘This is a case about consent,’ Crown says in opening of world junior hockey sex assault trial

WARNING: Graphic details And now it becomes clearer why it’s taken almost seven long years to try five world junior hockey champs on charges of sexual assault. This was never going to be a slam dunk case. At the opening of the sensational trial in London, with each of the well-dressed defendants sitting at a […]

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2 w. ago Sex assault trial expected to start for 5 former world junior hockey players

The sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada’s world junior hockey team is expected to begin today in London, Ont.

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2 w. ago Former world junior hockey players plead not guilty at sex assault trial

LONDON — Five former members of Canada’s world junior hockey team have pleaded not guilty as jury selection begins in their sexual assault trial. Dillon Dube, Carter Hart, Michael McLeod, Cal Foote and Alex Formenton were charged with sexual assault early last year in an incident that allegedly took place in London, Ont., in June […]

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2 w. ago Jury selection set to start in former world junior players’ sex assault trial

LONDON — Jury selection is expected to begin today in the sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada’s world junior hockey team. Dillon Dube, Carter Hart, Michael McLeod, Cal Foote and Alex Formenton were charged with sexual assault early last year in an incident that allegedly took place in London, Ont., in June […]

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2 w. ago Ontario jury trial set to begin in Canada world junior sex assault case

A high-profile sexual assault trial involving five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team is set to begin in London, Ont., Tuesday.

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3 w. ago Sex assault civil trial of Just for Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon to resume next week

MONTREAL — The sexual assault civil trial of Just for Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon will resume next week after the Court of Appeal rejected his appeal of the scope of questions his lawyers could ask in his defence. In a brief hearing today, the province’s highest court dismissed Rozon’s appeal filed in the midst of […]

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4 w. ago Manitoba chief accused of child sex assault attacked outside court, trial halted

The chief of a Manitoba First Nation was attacked outside a Winnipeg courthouse on what was supposed to be the second day of his trial on child sex assault charges.

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