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Former world junior hockey player tears up at ex-teammates’ sexual assault trial
- Brett Howden, a former world junior hockey player, teared up while testifying about an alleged sexual assault incident involving his ex-teammates in 2018.
- Several players from the 2018 Canadian world junior hockey team, including Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Callan Foote, and Dube, have pleaded not guilty to charges related to an alleged sexual assault.
- The case centers around an encounter involving a woman who alleges the players obtained sexual acts from her without consent during a Hockey Canada gala in London, Ontario.
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Judge in hockey players’ trial rules text messages cannot be made evidence in sexual assault trial of ex-teammates
Justice Maria Carroccia has ruled that texts sent by a former member of Canada’s world junior hockey team cannot be admitted as evidence at the sexual assault trial of five of his ex-teammates.
Winnipeg Free Press
Former world junior hockey player tears up at ex-teammates' sexual assault trial
Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada
(Updated) Former world junior hockey player tears up at ex-teammates' sexual assault trial
A former member of Canada’s world junior hockey team briefly broke down in tears Thursday at the sexual assault trial of five of his ex-teammates as he faced questions over texts he sent a week after the encounter at the heart of the case. Brett Howden teared up as he acknowledged feeling scared and nervous after learning Hockey Canada had launched an investigation into the June 19, 2018, encounter and realizing he would have to explain the situ…
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