Overview

• The trial began at Ontario Superior Court, with the Crown emphasizing the legal boundaries of consent as central to the case.
• Michael McLeod, Dillon Dubé, Carter Hart, Cal Foote, and Alex Formenton are accused of sexually assaulting a woman in a hotel room after a 2018 Hockey Canada gala.
• All five accused have pleaded not guilty to the charges, including an additional party-to-sexual-assault charge against McLeod.
• The alleged incident, initially investigated and closed in 2019, resurfaced after Hockey Canada settled a multimillion-dollar lawsuit with the complainant in 2022.
• The trial, expected to last up to eight weeks, could feature testimony from other members of the 2018 world junior team, further examining hockey’s cultural reckoning on misconduct.