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Yahoo
11-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Complainant in hockey players' trial pushes back during tense cross-examination
A woman pushed back Friday after a defence lawyer suggested she felt embarrassed and ashamed for the choices she made the night she alleges she was sexually assaulted by five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team. The heated exchange between the complainant and defence lawyer Daniel Brown capped off a day of cross-examination that focused on what happened at a downtown London, Ont., bar where the woman first met some of the players in June 2018. Court viewed a series of messages between the woman and one of her co-workers while they were at the bar that night and the following morning. In the morning messages, the co-worker mentioned seeing the woman "having a blast with those guys" and feeling that she was "in good hands," to which the complainant responded that the men were "funny." "That was the end of your conversation on June the 19th, correct? The guys were funny?" Brown asked Friday. "What do you want me to say? Something horrible just happened to me and I'm gonna tell this kind of a stranger what just went down?" the complainant replied. "I was really embarrassed. I felt so much shame. I was just messaging her as if nothing was wrong." "Shame and embarrassment for the choices you made," Brown said. "I made the choice to dance," she began to reply. Then, as the defence lawyer started to speak again, she continued: "No, I'd like to finish. I made the choice to dance with them and drink at the bar, I did not make the choice to have them do what they did back at the hotel." Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dube and Callan Foote have pleaded not guilty to sexual assault in connection with an encounter that took place at the Delta hotel in the early hours of June 19, 2018. McLeod has also pleaded not guilty to an additional charge of being a party to the offence of sexual assault. The woman has testified that she and McLeod left Jack's bar together and had sex in his hotel room, an encounter that is not part of the trial. She was drunk, naked and afraid when men she didn't know started coming into the room afterward, she previously told the court. She described going on "autopilot" and feeling like she was watching herself from outside her body as she engaged in sexual acts with the men. CAUTION: The following paragraphs contain graphic content some readers may find disturbing. McLeod, Hart and Dube are accused of obtaining oral sex from the woman without her consent, and Dube is also accused of slapping her buttocks while she was engaged in a sexual act with someone else. Formenton is alleged to have had vaginal sex with the complainant without her consent inside the bathroom. Foote is alleged to have done the splits over her face and grazed his genitals on it without her consent. The Crown alleges McLeod also vaginally penetrated her without her consent at the end of the night. The defence has suggested the woman asked McLeod to call his friends into the room because she wanted a "wild night," and that she later invited the men to have sex with her. The woman said she has no memory of saying anything like that, and that if she had, it would have been an indication of her level of intoxication. The players should have known better, she said earlier this week, adding they would have known how much she drank at the bar before coming to the hotel. McLeod and several other members of the 2018 world junior team had gone to the bar that night after attending a gala celebrating their championship victory, the trial has heard. Formenton was not with them, however, because he was only 18 and too young to get into the bar, court heard. Brown, who represents Formenton, suggested Friday his client would not have known how much the complainant drank. The woman agreed, but said he "would have seen how out of my mind I was in the room after." Earlier in the trial, the woman told the court she'd had two coolers at home before going to the bar and two shots immediately after arriving, but that a group of men including some of the players bought most of her drinks after that. In total, she told the court, she had about eight shots at the bar, most of them Jagerbombs, as well as a vodka soda and a beer. She felt drunk and not fully aware of what was going on around her as she danced and interacted with the group, she said, and was still mentally "all over the place" as she left with McLeod. Under cross-examination Friday, the woman agreed she bought herself five shots and a vodka soda before interacting with any of the players or their entourage at the bar. "This is something that you drank and before you even met the players you were already too drunk to be able to comprehend," Brown suggested. "And that was something you did to yourself, a choice you made." "Correct, I had already had a lot of alcohol," the woman said. "So it wasn't any of the players (that) got you drunk. It was that you got yourself drunk," Brown said. "They continued to get me drunk though, there were still shots after all that. So if anything, it just shows that I had more than I even thought initially," the complainant replied. Brown suggested her alcohol intake may not have been as high as her drink tally implied because the Jagerbombs at Jack's contained a half ounce of liquor rather than a full ounce. Cross-examination is expected to continue Monday. This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 9, 2025. Paola Loriggio, The Canadian Press
Yahoo
06-05-2025
- Yahoo
Two arrested for Gulfport home invasion incident
GULFPORT, Miss. (WJTV) – Gulfport police arrested two people who allegedly tied up a couple and hit a man with a machete during a home invasion. The Sun Herald reported the incident happened on March 31, 2025 in the 12000 block of Cypress Bayou Drive. Investigators said Daniel Brown, 31, and Octavia Winters, 41, were arrested and are both facing robbery charges. Winters was also charged with burglary, motor vehicle theft and aggravated assault. Cockfighting operation leads to arrests in South Mississippi: ICE According to Harrison County Sheriff Matt Haley, the male victim said he was hit in the head and arm with a machete while outside the home and forced back inside. The two victims were tied up with zip ties. Haley said the suspects took an unknown amount of cash and jewelry. They also took the victim's black 2018 Dodge Charger. The sheriff said the two victims were able to free themselves and drove to local hospital for treatment. Brown and Winters are being held in the Harrison County Jail. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Daily News Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WJTV.
South Wales Argus
30-04-2025
- Entertainment
- South Wales Argus
South Wales Argus Camera Club's six photos of wildlife
Our South Wales Argus Camera Club members have been out and about documenting the growth of these new arrivals, covering everything from lambs to ducklings and goslings and much more! Here are just six pictures of these new arrivals that are guaranteed to make you 'awh'. Ducklings going for a swim (Image: Daniel Brown) Lambs in Blaenavon (Image: Tammy Louise Mountain) Duckling in Pontypool Park (Image: Richard Edwards) Canada Goose gosling in Cwmbran (Image: Michael Fullagar) Lambs near Cwmcarn (Image: Fiona Rees) Lamb playing peekaboo near Varteg (Image: Karen Louise Hughes) If you would like to have your pictures featured online and in print, search South Wales Argus Camera Club on Facebook and join the group!
Yahoo
18-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
26 New Jerseyans won big playing Powerball, New Jersey Lottery games last week
Twenty-six players in New Jersey won $10,000 or more last week playing Powerball and New Jersey Lottery games - 15 came at Friday's Million Dollar Replay. The New Jersey Lottery announced its weekly winners on Monday. Here's a look at where these tickets were sold from March 10 to March 16, as provided by the lottery agency: $150,000, Powerball, March 15: sold at 7-Eleven on Bound Brook Road in Middlesex (Middlesex County) Lottery news: New Jersey lottery player wins $1 million on a scratch-off ticket. Here's where $1 million, Mega Hot 7's, March 14: sold at Hamilton Deli on Quakerbridge Road in Hamilton (Mercer County) $517,199, Jersey Cash 5, March 15: sold at Wegmans on Route 9 in Manalapan (Monmouth County) $517,199, Jersey Cash 5, March 15: sold at Quick Chek on Highway 36 in Hazlet (Monmouth County) $200,000, Fat Wallet, March 15: sold at Speedy Mart on Somerdale Road in Blackwood (Camden County) $100,000, $100,000 Bingo Extra, March 13: sold at Woodlynne Petro on Mt. Ephraim Avenue in Woodlynne (Camden County) $50,000, Colorword Cash, March 13: sold at Leisure Village Exxon on Route 70 in Lakewood (Ocean County) $30,000, Loteria, March 10: sold at Kalibats Smoke Shop on Ferry Street in Newark (Essex County) $20,000, $100,000 Bingo Extra, March 11: sold at Wawa on Appleton Avenue in Leonardo (Monmouth County) $10,000, $5,000,000 Fortune, March 10: sold at Quick Chek on Washington Avenue in Carlstadt (Bergen County) $10,000, Super Hot 7's, March 13: sold at Somerset Food Mart on Franklyn Boulevard in Somerset (Somerset County) Fifteen lottery players won between $10,000 to $100,000,000 on Friday, March 14 as part of the Million Dollar Replay, which players entered by submitting non-winning scratch-off tickets online. Here is the list of winners: $1 million: Daniel DeSanto, Middlesex County $100,000: Daniel Brown, Essex County $100,000: Diane Hackney, Passaic County $50,000: Duane Sulo, Ocean County $50,000: Charles Strine, Cumberland County $50,000: Francisco Flores, Passaic County $25,000: Florence Novatkowski, Ocean County $25,000: Pat Bailey, Cumberland County $25,000: Samuel Kyeremeh, Hudson County $25,000: Ernesto Luna, Hudson County $10,000: Louie Cortazzo, Union County $10,000: Sharon Riggi, Passaic County $10,000: Judith Redd, North Carolina $10,000: Inez Ponton, Bergen County $10,000: William Hays, Union County This article originally appeared on 26 big winners playing Powerball, New Jersey Lottery games
Observer
14-03-2025
- Science
- Observer
Stargazers marvel at 'Blood Moon', rare total lunar eclipse
Belo Horizonte, Brazil: Stargazers across a swathe of the world marvelled at a dramatic red "Blood Moon" during a rare total lunar eclipse in the early hours of Friday morning. The celestial spectacle was visible in the Americas and Pacific and Atlantic oceans, as well as in the westernmost parts of Europe and Africa. The phenomenon happens when the Sun, Earth and Moon line up, causing our planet to cast a giant shadow across its satellite. But as the Earth's shadow crept across the Moon, it did not entirely blot out its white glow — instead the Moon glowed a reddish colour. This is because the only sunlight that reaches the Moon is "bent and scattered" as it goes through Earth's atmosphere, said Daniel Brown, an astronomer at Britain's Nottingham Trent University. It is similar to how the light can become pink or red during sunrises or sunsets on Earth, he added. The more clouds and dust there are in Earth's atmosphere, the redder the Moon appears. Brown called the lunar eclipse, which will last around six hours, "an amazing way to see the solar system in action". The period when the Moon is completely in Earth's shadow — called the totality — lasts just over an hour. This event has been dubbed the "Blood Worm Moon", after one of the names given to March full moons by some Native Americans. Brown dislikes the term "Blood Moon", saying it has a negative connotation and "originates from a misinformed theory of the end of the world". But not all societies took a negative view of these celestial shows. Some people in Africa traditionally viewed a lunar eclipse as a conflict between the Sun and Moon that could be resolved by people "demonstrating on Earth how we work together" and laying old feuds aside, Brown said. He called it "an amazing story that should inspire us all". It is the first total lunar eclipse since 2022, but there will be another one this September. Thursday's event is a "Micromoon", meaning the Moon is the farthest away it gets from Earth, making it appear about seven per cent smaller than normal, according to the website Earthsky. This is the opposite of a "Supermoon", as was seen during 2022's lunar eclipse. Some stargazers will be in for another treat later this month — a partial solar eclipse, which is when the Moon blocks out the Sun's light on Earth. This eclipse will be visible on March 29 in eastern Canada, parts of Europe, northern Russia and northwest Africa. Viewing even a partial solar eclipse with the naked eye is dangerous and people are advised to use special eclipse glasses or pinhole projectors.
