NHL player testifies about group chat screenshot at world junior sex assault trial
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An active NHL player will continue his testimony Thursday at the high-profile sexual assault trial involving five former members of Canada’s world junior hockey team.
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An active NHL player testified Wednesday at the high-profile sexual assault trial involving five former members of Canada’s world junior hockey team.
Washington Capitals forward Taylor Raddysh testified remotely he was the one who took a screenshot of a group chat at the centre of the trial, which allegedly contained what Crown prosecutors are arguing was an invite to have non-consensual group sex with a woman in a London, Ont., hotel room in June 2018.
Raddysh said he didn’t remember when the message, which the Crown alleges was sent by Michael McLeod, came in or when he first saw it.
McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dube and Callan Foote, have all pleaded not guilty to sexual assault. McLeod has also pleaded not guilty to an additional charge of being a party to the offence of sexual assault.
Raddysh said he recalled very little from that night, when many of the team’s members were in town for a gala celebrating the team’s gold-medal win at that year’s championship, even after reviewing transcripts from interviews he had with police in 2022 and lawyers in 2018.
He was expected to continue his testimony Thursday, but the jury has been sent home due to an illness.
Aside from Raddysh’s testimony, a series of videos taken the night of the alleged group sexual assault were played in court Wednesday.
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