Chilling details of the 2018 Hockey Canada sexual assault scandal emerge as the complainant takes the stand

The complainant addressed as E.M. in the 2018 Hockey Canada sexual assault scandal has been under cross-examination for five days now. She shares her side of the story from another room via CCTV. The CCTV footage is displayed on a large screen in the main courtroom. Her identity is protected by a publication ban that applies in cases of sexual assault. “I made the choice to dance with them and drink at the bar and not make the choice to have them do what they did to me at the hotel,” shared E.M.




On May 7, Robyn Doolittle , Globe and Mail Reporter, shared via X,


“One of the defense lawyers involved in the sexual assault trial of five former world junior hockey players has alleged it was the complainant who asked his client, Michael McLeod , to invite his teammates to the hotel room where the alleged attack occurred.”

One of the defence lawyers involved in the sexual assault trial of five former world junior hockey players has alleged it was the complainant who asked his client, Michael McLeod, to invite his teammates to the hotel room where the alleged attack occurred. https://t.co/zV5gAkeHNM

— Robyn Doolittle (@robyndoolittle) May 6, 2025

Videos appear to show the complainant in the 2018 Hockey Canada sexual assault scandal giving consent

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The Crown's opening statement in the trial of McLeod, Formenton, Hart, Foote and Dube provides details on the encounter in the Delta hotel after the Hockey Canada Gala in 2018. They are stomach turning and we have yet to hear evidence.

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— Rachel Doerrie (@racheldoerrie) April 23, 2025

Trigger warning: content contains graphic details of sexual assault.


On May 12, CBC News reported that the Crown has said consent is at the heart of the case, arguing the men, on many occasions, did not get specific go-head from E.M. for sexual activity despite videos taken that evening that appear to show her giving consent. E.M. has testified the men asked her to masturbate while they watched, received oral sex, spat on her, smacked her butt, and had vaginal sex with her. E.M. also shared that she was an unwilling participant who had drunk too much that evening. She agreed with the defense lawyer that she adopted a porn-star persona to get through what was happening with the men as her mind floated above her body.

CNN reported that, during a cross-examination last week, Daniel Brown, Alex Formenton’s lawyer, told E.M. at one point, “Your truth changes from 2018, to 2022 to 2025.”

“No, my truth hasn’t changed,” replied E.M. The complainant said some of her details or memories may vary slightly, but the gist of her story remains the same.

Taylor Raddysh, a forward on Canada’s 2018 world junior team who currently plays for the Washington Capitals, testified remotely Wednesday afternoon in the sexual assault trial of five members of the team.

Story from @rwesthead: https://t.co/PhVblkPAwJ

— TSN Hockey (@TSNHockey) April 30, 2025

Washington Capitals forward Taylor Raddysh only heard a bit of hooting and hollering from Michael McLeod’s room at the Delta Armouries Hotel

On May 9, Hockey News Reporter Anthony Fava shared with CBC Listen (CBC Live Radio) - Topic: Day 6 - Woman at the centre of the junior hockey sexual assault trial faces a difficult and lengthy cross-examination,




“He(Taylor Raddysh) expressed that when he was in the room, he wasn’t involved in any of the actual alleged assault or anything of that nature. We do know at least from his testimony that he didn’t give in by any means to this request or anything like that. But his room was directly beside McLeod’s room at the Delta Armouries Hotel. But he says he didn’t hear anything besides a bit of hooting and hollering, I believe is what he said.”




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