Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Claire McFarlane
Publication Date: July 24, 2025 - 21:49
Advocates describe ‘heartbreaking’ verdict in Hockey Canada trial
July 24, 2025
Advocates for survivors of sexual violence warn that Thursday’s verdict in the Hockey Canada case could discourage victims from going to police.
Five former junior hockey players were acquitted of sexual assault after a trial that included seven days of gruelling cross-examination of the complainant by different defence lawyers. In delivering her ruling, the judge said the woman was not credible.
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She stared at me and exclaimed, “But he takes drugs!”
“You can still ask him who he is,” I said.
And she stormed away up the street.
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