Warning: coverage of the Hockey Canada trial includes graphic details of alleged sexual assault that may be disturbing to readers.

The complainant in the Hockey Canada sexual assault trial detailed the alleged sexual acts and events that occurred in June 2018.

This continued testimony is part of a trial that sees five former members of Canada’s 2018 World Junior Championship team – former NHLers Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dube and Cal Foote – each being charged and pleading not guilty to one count of sexual assault. McLeod also pleaded not guilty to an additional charge of sexual assault as party to the offense.

The five men’s charges are connected to a June 2018 incident in which E.M., the complainant whose identity is protected by a publication ban, alleges she was sexually assaulted in a London hotel room following a Hockey Canada gala.

As she did on Friday, E.M. provided her testimony via CCTV video feed from another room inside the London courthouse. 

Whereas Friday’s portion of the complainant's testimony focused primarily on her experiences at Jack’s Bar in London leading up to when her and McLeod went to the Delta Armouries Hotel together, Monday’s testimony mainly focused on the alleged acts of sexual assault that occured inside McLeod’s hotel room the night of June 18 and the morning of June 19.

The complainant told Crown attorney Meaghan Cunningham that once in the hotel room, her and McLeod engaged in consensual oral and vaginal sex.

After cleaning herself up in the bathroom and lying back on the bed, E.M. said that at that point she assumed that she would be “staying there for the night.” However, she said that after lying on the bed, she noticed McLeod standing up and using his phone.

After McLeod briefly left the room, E.M. said that two different men whom she recognized from the bar that night entered the room.

The complainant said she then went to the bathroom, but when she came out, there were more men in the room. Additionally, the men had laid out a bed sheet on the floor of the room and wanted her to lie down on the bed sheet and “touch herself.”

E.M. said the men had golf clubs that had been in the room and that they allegedly “talked about putting golf balls in my vagina” and asked if she could “take the whole golf club in me.”

From there, the complainant detailed the multiple sexual acts that were allegedly performed, constantly adding how she had essentially disassociated herself from the situation. 

“I shut down and let my body do what it needed to do to be safe,” E.M. said. “It seemed like the only safe thing to do was give them what they were wanting.”

The sexual acts she described – which were with multiple different men – ranged from giving three men oral sex while kneeling on the bed sheet, to having vaginal sex against the bathroom counter, to having one man do the splits over top of her.

E.M. said the splits, in particular, felt “gross” and “degrading.” That degrading nature was a theme the complainant expressed throughout her testimony, saying the men in the room were making fun of her and being disrespectful for the duration of the alleged incident. 

“It seemed like a joke to them,” E.M. said. “But I was feeling intimidated and not sure how to react.” 

The complainant said she cried multiple times throughout the experience and even got dressed a few times to try and leave but was convinced by the men into staying. 

“I felt like I had no option. They kept bringing me back,” E.M. said. “I couldn't think straight with the pressure and everyone in the room.” 

Cunningham eventually showed the complainant the two videos taken in the room that night. In these videos, E.M. is asked if she is OK with what happened, to which she smiles and replied “I’m OK,” and “This was all consensual.”

The Crown then moved to the period after the alleged sexual assault when McLeod began messaging E.M. through Instagram and then through text messages about her supposedly reporting the situation to London police. 

In the texts, E.M. said her mother initially reported the incident.

“What can you do to make this go away?” McLeod texts. “Can you please figure out how to make this go away and contact police.”

Complainant In Hockey Canada Sexual Assault Trial Testifies About What Led To Alleged Incident Warning: coverage of the Hockey Canada trial includes details of alleged sexual assault that may be disturbing to readers.

Once the Crown was finished with its questions, one of McLeod’s attorneys, David Humphrey, began his cross-examination of the complainant.

Humphrey asked if it was correct that E.M. had a boyfriend at the time of the incident – a statement that E.M. agreed with. 

Humphrey also suggested she may have been crying after the incident – a fact that she said to Cunningham earlier – due to cheating on her boyfriend. 

“I suggest one of the reasons you’re crying is that you’re feeling guilty about cheating on (her boyfriend),” Humphrey said. 

E.M. agreed that she did feel very bad for cheating on her boyfriend, whom she had been seeing for three months at the time.

The day ended with Humphrey calling into question the complainant’s alcohol consumption. E.M. said she usually had between six to eight drinks when going out to the bar but also that she usually throws up when drinking. Despite this, she said she was unable to throw up the night of the alleged incident.

The defense's cross-examination of the complainant is scheduled to continue Tuesday morning.