Hockey Canada trial: Fear, not consent, drove woman's actions, Crown says

Crown attorney Meaghan Cunningham addressed the “myth of the ideal victim” during closing arguments in the Team Canada 2018 world junior hockey sexual assault trial, emphasizing that the complainant’s emotional responses were unfairly scrutinized. The five accused players, including Michael McLeod and Carter Hart, face charges stemming from an incident in 2018 where the woman alleges she was assaulted after a consensual encounter with McLeod.

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