New rules on publication bans cleared way for victim to come forward | Unpublished
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Publication Date: November 21, 2025 - 04:00

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New rules on publication bans cleared way for victim to come forward

November 21, 2025

This week,  Jessica Baker revealed her identity as the survivor of a 2016 sexual assault by Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard  when she chose to have a publication ban lifted — a choice she had thanks to the earlier advocacy of a group of women determined to change the legal system for the better.



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