Former Calgary Stampeder Jerome Messam pleads guilty to voyeurism for recording sex video without consent
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Former Calgary Stampeder Jerome Messam has pleaded guilty to a charge of voyeurism for videotaping a sexual encounter without the consent of the woman.
The incident took place in November 2016 when Messam was a running back for the Stamps.
Although the sex was consensual, the victim, whose identity is protected by a publication ban, did not know she was being recorded, learning of the existence of a video after Messam sent her four snippets over Snapchat.
On Monday, Court of Queen's Bench Justice April Grosse accepted Messam's plea, negotiated by prosecutor Janice Walsh and defence lawyer David Nguyen.
A sentencing hearing will take place at a later date.
An agreed statement of facts detailing the crime was read aloud by Walsh.
For months leading up to the incident, Messam and the woman followed each other on Instagram. On Nov. 11, 2016, Messam privately messaged her through the app, giving her his number.
The two began communicating over WhatsApp and Snapchat and made a plan to meet for dinner that night.
The pair picked up some takeout food and brought it to Messam's Lower Mount Royal home, where they played with his dog and watched part of a movie.
The two then had consensual sex and the woman left Messam's home.
Messam and the woman continued to follow each other on social media.
Three months later, Messam sent her four 10-second videos of their sexual encounter.
She ultimately told police she was "in shock" after receiving the videos and didn't know how to react.
When the woman asked where the rest of the video was, Messam replied:
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