Former hockey teammate sexual assault trial unfolds

Thursday, May 15, 2025, 5:20 am

In an intense courtroom drama that could rival any sports saga, a former world junior hockey player has delivered crucial testimony against his ex-teammates amid allegations of sexual assault. The proceedings, conducted via video conference, continue to shed light on troubling conduct in Canada’s youth hockey circles.

torontosun.com / HUNTER: Team Canada group sex trial is, uh, complicated

Reasonable doubt is the oldest tool in the defence lawyer’s toolbox. And the legal eagles representing five former members of the 2018 Team Canada Junior squad have mercilessly employed that tool. For seven days in a London courtroom, a young woman detailed a harrowing evening where she was…

ledevoir.com / Les hockeyeurs inculpés ont discuté entre eux de la réponse à donner aux allégations

Cinq joueurs ont plaidé non coupables d’agression sexuelle en lien avec une rencontre survenue en juin 2018.

theglobeandmail.com / Player accused of sexual assault told teammates ‘we all need to say the same thing’ after learning of Hockey Canada investigation, trial hears

World junior players accused of sexual assault maintained in text messages between themselves that the woman behind the allegations had consented to sexual activity

cbc.ca / World junior players' group chat about Hockey Canada investigation under scrutiny as ex-teammate testifies

We're back at Superior Court in London, Ont., to bring you the latest updates from the ongoing trial of five former world junior hockey players.

globalnews.ca / World junior sex assault trial: Here’s what has happened in court so far

The high-profile trial is entering its next phase, after the female complainant at the centre of the allegations finished more than a week of testimony.

globalnews.ca / Former hockey player continues testifying at ex-teammates’ sex assault trial

A former member of Canada's world junior hockey team is expected to continue testifying today at the sexual assault trial of five of his ex-teammates.

citynews.ca / Former hockey player continues testifying at ex-teammates’ sex assault trial

A former member of Canada’s world junior hockey team is expected to continue testifying today at the sexual assault trial of five of his ex-teammates. Tyler Steenbergen began testifying by videoconference Wednesday afternoon at the trial of Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dube…

thestar.com / Former hockey player continues testifying at ex-teammates' sex assault trial

A former member of Canada's world junior hockey team is expected to continue testifying today at the sexual assault trial of five of his ex-teammates.

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