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This reporting will come out tonight (not sure where I saw 8pm)Anne Marie says she was raped by 8 Ontario Hockey League players in Nov 2014 at one of the player’s billet homes.
— Rick Westhead (@rwesthead) October 16, 2024
(CTV and TSN do not name victims of sexual assault without their approval. With her permission, we are referring to the woman by her middle name Anne Marie.)
After we…
The Ontario Provincial Police has acknowledged that one of its employees did not follow the organization’s policy when an alleged victim of sexual assault called a local detachment earlier this year to report an incident involving 8 former junior hockey players.
— Rick Westhead (@rwesthead) October 17, 2024
The woman - we…
Since our story about Anne Marie aired Wednesday night, a number of women have reached out wanting to share their stories.
— Rick Westhead (@rwesthead) October 18, 2024
It’s important to point out there are a number of resources for those who need them. In Ontario, the Assaulted Women's Helpline @AWHL can make referrals to…
XFM news reached out to the London Police Service and the Ontario Provincial Police for comment. LPS said “(we were) made aware that this is not a London Police investigation.”
And now we look up that roster... Ah, our old friend Michael McLeod shows up here as wellPeel Regional Police confirm they're investigating an alleged incident involving eight former OHL players with the Mississauga Steelheads in November of 2014.
— TSN Hockey (@TSNHockey) March 5, 2025
Story from @rwesthead (Content advisory - This article includes allegations of sexual assault): https://t.co/8Ho6aUTGXx
This is the Kevin Lowe post that I read on today's podcast. Yikes. https://t.co/hbgsM2om47 pic.twitter.com/Pd4vJlouCz
— Steve “Dangle” Glynn (@Steve_Dangle) March 14, 2025
On the 4th day of the trial.A mistrial has been declared in the sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada's 2018 world junior hockey team.
— Rick Westhead (@rwesthead) April 25, 2025
Justice Maria Carroccia dismissed the jury this morning without giving them an explanation for the mistrial.
A new jury will be selected today.
Publication ban means we won’t know the reason, but picking a whole new set of jury members probably means they did something (e.g. shared info) or had the process tainted with bias in some way.A new 14-person jury made up of nine women and five men has been selected in the sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team. The trial continues on Monday.
— TSN Hockey (@TSNHockey) April 25, 2025
Story from @rwesthead: https://t.co/jIciVbVK2X
On the 4th day of the trial.A mistrial has been declared in the sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada's 2018 world junior hockey team.
— Rick Westhead (@rwesthead) April 25, 2025
Justice Maria Carroccia dismissed the jury this morning without giving them an explanation for the mistrial.
A new jury will be selected today.
Publication ban means we won’t know the reason, but picking a whole new set of jury members probably means they did something (e.g. shared info) or had the process tainted with bias in some way.A new 14-person jury made up of nine women and five men has been selected in the sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team. The trial continues on Monday.
— TSN Hockey (@TSNHockey) April 25, 2025
Story from @rwesthead: https://t.co/jIciVbVK2X
One of the jurors showed up wearing one of the player's jersey.
Justice Maria Carroccia has discharged the jury in the London hockey trial. Carroccia thanked the 14 jurors and dismissed them on Friday morning.
— TSN Hockey (@TSNHockey) May 16, 2025
The trial will now continue by judge alone.
Developing story from @rwesthead: https://t.co/dUuToOsvhP
The reason for the first mistrial:UPDATED: This is the second time a jury has been discharged in the case.
— Katie Strang (@KatieJStrang) May 16, 2025
Previously, the reasons for the discharges were protected by a publication ban, which has since been lifted because of the election for the case to proceed by judge alone.https://t.co/lgl4cCvroG
That mistrial occurred after a juror reported that a member of the court — Dudding — spoke to her at a local market during the lunch break.
Brown, Dudding’s co-counsel, told the judge that his understanding of the situation was that there was an accidental and innocuous interaction during which Dudding and the juror were next to each other in line for lunch and his colleague acknowledged the awkwardness in a benign way.
That juror, who was later called in front of the judge and attorneys, described the interaction differently, stating that Dudding spoke to her in line, and referenced there being a lot of “head-nodding” that morning. The jury had recently heard the Crown’s opening statement.
a juror sent a note to [Judge] Carroccia on Thursday that accused two of the defense lawyers of inappropriate behavior.
The note read: “Multiple jury members feel we are being judged and made fun of by lawyers (Daniel) Brown and Hilary Dudding. Every day when we enter the courtroom they observe us, whisper to each other and turn to each other and laugh as if they are discussing our appearance. This is unprofessional and unacceptable.”