Tag: Alex Formenton
Mistrial upends Hockey Canada sexual assault trial, re-start underway
Just four days in, a judge has declared a mistrial and ordered a new jury be selected at the sexual assault trial of five players from Canada’s championship-winning 2018 world junior hockey team. While the decision may have caused the trial to slightly wobble, it hasn’t derailed it. A new jury panel had already assembled […]
Legal arguments continue at Hockey Canada sexual assault trial
The sexual assault trial of five former Team Canada junior hockey players won’t be back before the jury until Friday.
Michael McLeod summoned world junior teammates to hotel room: Crown
The text message went out to the boys on the team like a bat-signal to come to Michael McLeod’s room.
Canada junior hockey champs plead not guilty to sexual assault as trial begins
First was former New Jersey Devils forward Michael McLeod. “Not guilty,” he said twice, once after hearing the charge of sexual assault and again after hearing his second charge of sexual assault as a party to the offence. Ready for his trial. He sat down. Next was former Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Carter Hart. “Not guilty.” […]
What to know as the Hockey Canada sexual assault trial starts in London
The much-anticipated sexual assault trial of five players from the 2018 Canadian world junior hockey team is expected to begin Tuesday morning. Jury selection is slated to start at 10 a.m. at the London courthouse for a Superior Court of Justice trial that’s slated to last eight weeks. The charges are linked to a Hockey […]