US EditionJudge rules hockey player’s text inadmissible at trial of five former teammates
- Five former members of Canada's 2018 world junior hockey team face a sexual assault trial over an alleged incident in a London, Ont. Hotel room on June 19, 2018.
- The trial followed accusations that stem from a non-consensual encounter involving the woman known as E.M. After a Hockey Canada gala that June night.
- Prosecutors attempted to admit a week-old text message from Brett Howden to teammate Taylor Raddysh discussing the events, but an Ontario judge ruled it inadmissible due to reliability concerns.
- Justice Maria Carroccia found Howden's text was casual and not fully factual, noting Howden said, "I had no reason to lie," but that he did not confirm the text's truth.
- The judge's decision rejects the Crown's last effort to admit critical corroboration, leaving the sexual assault charges with five accused men pleading not guilty and the trial ongoing.
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Cross-examination focuses on Hart’s actions, Howden’s memory in junior hockey sexual assault trial
Justice Maria Carroccia has rejected the Crown’s final attempt to have Brett Howden’s June 26, 2018, text message to his former teammate Taylor Raddysh admitted as evidence under the principled approach to hearsay at the sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team.
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Judge rules hockey player’s text inadmissible at trial of five former teammates
An Ontario judge has rejected prosecutors' final attempt to have a text message sent by a former world junior hockey player admitted as evidence in the sexual assault trial of five of his ex-teammates.
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Judge rules hockey player's text inadmissible at trial of five former teammates
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