Overview

• Carter Hart testified that he responded to Michael McLeod’s early-morning group chat invitation for a “three-way quick” by saying “I’m in,” despite not knowing the woman’s willingness beyond McLeod’s text.
• Under cross-examination, Hart admitted to significant memory blackouts from the early hours of June 19, 2018, and could not recall assessing the complainant’s willingness upon entering room 209 at the Delta Armouries hotel.
• The Crown pressed Hart on how he could be sure every sexual act was consensual when he remembered less than half of what occurred and relied solely on what teammates conveyed.
• Hart insisted he believed no one forced the woman and said he would have intervened if any non-consensual act took place, even as he acknowledged his own intoxication.
• Hart, Michael McLeod, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dube and Cal Foote have pleaded not guilty to sexual assault charges and the defence has yet to present its full case in the ongoing trial.