Defence lawyer in Hockey Canada sex assault trial spars with complainant over her testimony about alleged incident

Defence lawyer Megan Savard, who is representing one of the five former members of Canada’s world junior hockey team accused of sexually assaulting a woman in a London, Ont., hotel in 2018, sparred with the complainant Thursday over where in the room she was crying during the alleged incident. During the complainant’s fourth day being cross-examined, Ms. Savard also challenged the woman, who is known publicly as E.M., about her evidence at trial that the players said, “don’t let her leave,” after they noticed she was crying on the night of the alleged attack.