The jury saw the surveillance footage of hockey players from the 2018 Hockey Canada sexual assault scandal
(Image via Getty: Michael McLeod)
After a mistrial on April 25 in the sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada's 2018 World Junior Hockey team, a new jury was selected. As informed by Rick Westhead on his X, on April 26, the new jury consisted of 14 members - 9 women and 5 men. Before this, the 14-member jury had 11 women and 3 men.
On Wednesday, the London Court saw timestamped surveillance videos of Taylor Raddysh, forward for the Washington Capitals, entering the Delta Armouries Hotel before 1:00 a.m. on June 19, 2018.
Crown Attorney Heather Donkers
presented videos from the dance floor at Jack's Bar in London, where
Michael McLeod
and other hockey players first met E.M. The videos were derived from Michael McLeod and Drake Batherson's phones.
Michael McLeod and E.M. arrived at the London Hotel at 1:45 a.m.
Another video followed. It showed Michael McLeod and E.M. passing through the hotel's lobby area. The videos were provided by London Police Detective Tiffany Waque and she answered all the questions about the security footage. Another video timestamped between 2:23 a.m. to 3:13 a.m. on June 19, 2018, from the hotel lobby area, showed Boris Katchouk, Drake Batherson, Brett Howden, Sam Steel, Jonah Gadjovich, Robert Thomas, Jake Bean, Maxime Comtois, Colton Point, and Tyler Steenbergen enter at different points and in groups.
Before the hockey players entered the hotel lobby, Michael McLeod's phone sent a message - 'Who wants to be in 3 way quick'
Tiffany Waque shared screenshots of Michael McLeod's phone conversations from the time of the incident with the court. At 2:10 a.m. Michael McLeod sent a message from his phone to his team group - 'Who wants to be in 3 way quick.' 9 minutes later, Carter Hart replied, 'I'm in.' Crown Attorney Heather Donkers informed the jury that the case was about consent and, equally important, what does not count as consent.
Heather Donkers explained E.M.'s side of the story from the night of the incident
As reported by Rick Westhead, Senior Correspondent from TSN, on the evening of June 18, 2018, E.M. went out to Jack's Bar in London with her group of friends and had eight alcoholic drinks. When E.M. was at the bar, Michael McLeod and Dillon Dube surrounded E.M. on the dance floor.
At 1:20 a.m. McLeod and E.M. left Jack's Bar and went to McLeod's room - Room 209 - from the Delta Armouries Hotel in London. Donkers shared with the jury that E.M. and McLeod engaged in consensual sex.
'Soon after the sexual act ended, the atmosphere in the room changed. E.M. will testify that she observed Mr. McLeod on his phone. And she believed he was messaging people, but she did not know who or what he was messaging.' shared Heather Donkers with the jury.
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