New Hearing In 2018 Hockey Canada Sexual Assault Case Sets Deadlines For Pre-Trial Motions
The lawyers for the five former Team Canada members at the 2018 World Junior Championships appeared virtually in court on Tuesday, where a judge set deadlines for the lawyers to file pre-trial motions, Rick Westhead reports.
Eric Hartline-USA TODAY Sports - New Hearing In 2018 Hockey Canada Sexual Assault Case Sets Deadlines For Pre-Trial MotionsThe lawyers for the five former Team Canada members at the 2018 World Junior Championships appeared virtually in court on Tuesday, where a judge set deadlines for the lawyers to file pre-trial motions, Rick Westhead reports.
The judge mandated that all pre-trial motions be filed before Oct. 23 of this year, along with scheduling 15 days—beginning Nov. 25—for hearings related to any of those motions.
Westhead consulted Alison Craig, "a Toronto attorney who has defended people accused of sexual assault but has no ties to the case," on what these motions might include.
According to Craig, these motions could include the defense lawyers attempting to admit the accuser's "text messages, and relevant social media posts, should they exist" as evidence.
While the defense could also try to "obtain any medical records related to therapy, if they exist," they would need a judge's approval to do so.
Craig also brought up the fact that both the prosecution and defense might file motions "related to the admissibility of evidence via Hockey Canada's third-party investigation," seeing as there is a possibility that some players only cooperated in that investigation because they didn't think they would be charged in a criminal case.
According to Westhead, one of the defense lawyers stated that they are still waiting for the prosecution to turn over all of the evidence obtained by London police.
The next court hearing date is scheduled for May 14 in trial-scheduling court.
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