
Crown continues closing submissions in hockey players’ sex assault trial
LONDON — Prosecutors are expected to continue their closing submissions today at the sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada’s world junior hockey team.
Prosecutor Meaghan Cunningham argued Wednesday that Michael McLeod invited his teammates into his London, Ont., hotel room for group sexual activity without the complainant’s knowledge or consent, which she said paints the evidence of all other witnesses in “a very different light.”
Cunningham argued the woman did not voluntarily agree to the sexual acts that took place in the early morning hours of June 19, 2018, nor did the players take reasonable steps to confirm her consent.
Consent is a central issue in the trial, which began in late April.