Hockey Players Sexual Assault Trial

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Hockey Canada interviews among evidence excluded from ex-junior players' jury trial

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Prosecutors wanted to use the interviews to cross-examine Michael McLeod , Dillon Dube and Alex Formenton if they chose to testify.

Ontario judge last year excluded the statements from trial because they were obtained by the investigator, Danielle Robitaille , under threat of penalties that could affect their hockey careers.

In a jury trial, the evidence, arguments and decisions that emerge in pretrial hearings can’t be publicly disclosed until jurors are sequestered.

Lawyers for the players have presented a drastically different narrative of the night, suggesting the woman actively participated in or initiated sexual activity.

Police launched a criminal investigation into the allegations in the days that followed the encounter but closed it without charges in 2019 .

The case first came to the public’s attention in the spring of 2022 when TSN broke the news that Hockey Canada had settled a lawsuit.

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