Canada, and much of the rest of the world, have been closely
following the trial of five Canadian hockey players accused of
sexual assault.
Background on the Case.
Five former members of Canada's 2018 world junior hockey
team - Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Dillon
Dubé, and Cal Foote -were accused by a woman, known as EM,
of sexually assaulting her in a hotel in London, Ontario, where the
players had been attending a Hockey Canada gala in 2018.
EM alleged that she willingly went with McLeod to his hotel room
after meeting him that night, but this escalated into
non-consensual sexual activity with Mcleod inviting his teammates
to the room to join in. EM noted that she was highly intimated by
the multiple men in the room and tried to placate them, but she did
not consent to the group sex.
