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This video provides a good overview of how this case became politicized after the settlement was revealed.

This trial is developing into a fiasco and an embarrassment for the court, the jury and the prosecution. The judge needs to move the trial along and then take about 3 minutes to issue a NOT Guilty verdict. As I stated at the beginning, this is a case with political overtones. The charges were...

Both the Crown and the defense agreed to the judge’s decision. If either side had disagreed then the trial probably would have continued with a jury. It’s obviously a good decision for the defense. All the testimony so far favors the defense. This trial will end soon with a well deserved not...

That happened to me once! I told my mom about it and she reported me to the police. Since I'm a guy and my "victims" were all girls, I was charged, convicted and sent to jail for five years. Boy, I sure learned my lesson! :D

Both sides (prosecution and defense) have finished questioning the complainant, "E.M." The trial has moved on to other witnesses, starting with Tyler Steenbergen, a teammate who was in the room part of the time when the sexual encounters took place but he did not participate and he was not...

I agree that the prosecutors may be starting to wonder whether it was wise to charge the players. However, keep in mind that a big reason that the players were charged in 2022 was public uproar over the revelation that Hockey Canada had used a special fund to pay off the girl after she had filed...

The CBC has done a thorough job of reporting on the trial. It provides live updates during days when the trial is going on and at least one article after the finish of each day's proceedings. Here is an article about Friday's proceedings...

In general, in Canada (and the U.S.), lawyers can't question a complainant in a sexual assault or rape case about her sexual history unless the complainant and the accused have been in a relationship. That's not true in this case...

I agree with you, Doc. Based on my earlier gut feelings about the case and now the actual testimony, I don't think the players are guilty. They probably made a very bad decision to get involved with this woman, but what happened was not sexual assault. As I expected, the woman is not helping...

One interesting fact that came out is that the girl had a boyfriend at the time of the incident and she admits that she cheated on him.

Here is a more complete recap of Tuesday's trial session: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/livestory/recap-in-gruelling-cross-examination-woman-in-world-juniors-sex-assault-trial-denies-wanting-wild-night-9.6749607?ts=1746538210223

From an article in Friday’s Toronto Star: “it was all consensual.” It will be hard for the prosecution to get past that statement on video by the complainant.

That's possible but you're speculating. The media is not allowed to report the reason for the mistrial. The only thing that has been reported is that: "...Wednesday afternoon, Carroccia told jurors that something had happened over the lunch hour that she needed to think about and discuss with...

Though the trial had barely begun, the judge has already declared a mistrial. A new trial with a new jury will start right away. I'm not surprised at the news because the trial was paused for 1.5 days right at the start to discuss procedural matters that arose during the lunch break of the first...

The legal discussions between the judge and the lawyers continued today without the jury present. The press is not allowed to report on what issues are being discussed or what was said. The trial is supposed to resume Friday but we'll see. Nobody wins in a case like this but I think it will be...

The prosecution ("the Crown") made its opening statement in the trial Wednesday morning. After the lunch break, the judge adjourned the trial for the day to discuss a procedural matter with the attorneys. https://www.tsn.ca/crown-says-london-hockey-trial-a-case-about-consent-1.2293760

One of the key questions in the trial is whether the complainant consented to the sexual encounters of that evening. According to her, she consented to the sex with the first player but not the others. However, because the players were conscious that there might be a problem with proving that...

That's interesting, Eager, but as I pointed out: "...Lawyers in Canada do not have peremptory challenges..." So jury selection proceeds more quickly in Canada than it does in the U.S. Also, jury trials are less common in Canada than in the United States. In general, Canada does not have jury...

This TSN article answers some questions about the case and the Canadian legal system, for example: "...Lawyers in Canada do not have peremptory challenges [during jury selection] like you might see in a U.S. court."

A jury of 12 plus 2 alternates has been selected for the trial. There are 11 women and 3 men among the 14 selected. It's a little surprising that it took only one day, but I guess the process moves more quickly in Canada than in the U.S. Each defendant has his own legal team. The 5 are being...