London Hockey Trial - Timeline of developments
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In a courtroom in London, Ont., five former members of Canada’s 2018 World Juniors team - Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Cal Foote, and Dillon Dube - are going on trial, 15 months after they were charged with sexual assault.
A running timeline of the developments and stories thus far:
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Ahead of jury selection, TSN Senior Correspondent Rick Westhead provides a courtroom primer, with facts about Canada’s legal system, the key characters to watch during the trial, and how the case may unfold. Full Feature
A jury of 11 women and three men will hear evidence over the next two months in the case of five former members of Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team who are charged with sexual assault. The jury was decided as the first day of the case came to a close a day that saw all five defendants in court together for the first time. Full Story
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
In the government’s opening statement in the trial of five former members of Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team, assistant Crown attorney Heather Donkers told the jury on Wednesday that the case against the five players, "is about consent. And equally important, it is about what is not consent." Full Story
Thursday, April 24, 2025
The jury did not sit Thursday in the London, Ont., trial of five former members of Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team as the court continues to deal with a procedural issue that is covered by a publication ban. Story
Friday, April 25, 2025
Justice Maria Carroccia declared a mistrial in the trial of five former members of Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team. Full story
A new 14-person jury made up of nine women and five men has been selected in the sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team, after Justice Maria Carroccia declared a mistrial and dismissed the initial jury on the trial’s fourth day. Full story
Monday, April 28, 2025
In the government’s opening statement in the trial of five former members of Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team, assistant Crown attorney Heather Donkers told the jury of nine women and five men in Ontario Superior Court in London, Ont., on Monday that the case against McLeod, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dube, Cal Foote, and Carter Hart, “is about consent. And equally important, it is about what is not consent.”
The jury then watched a series of surveillance videos that show E.M., the complainant in the case, arriving at a London bar around 11 p.m. on June 18, 2018, moving between an ATM, a bar where she appears to order drinks, and then a crowded dance floor - part of the first testimony. Full Story
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
The second day of the sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada’s 2018 world junior team began with the jury watching surveillance video of E.M., the complainant in the case, talking and dancing at a London bar with Michael McLeod and several other Team Canada players who have not been charged in the case. Full Story
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
The third day of the sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team began with the jury being shown a number of surveillance videos, videos and group chat texts obtained from player cell phones, and photos taken by police officers investigating the incident. Full Story
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