{"id":15283,"date":"2025-04-22T17:33:36","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T08:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/3d-cad-design.com\/ontario-jury-trial-set-to-begin-in-canada-world-junior-sex-assault-case\/"},"modified":"2025-04-22T17:33:36","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T08:33:36","slug":"ontario-jury-trial-set-to-begin-in-canada-world-junior-sex-assault-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/3d-cad-design.com\/ontario-jury-trial-set-to-begin-in-canada-world-junior-sex-assault-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Ontario jury trial set to begin in Canada world junior sex assault case"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-article-socialshare=\"true\">\n<div id=\"article-fontSizer\" class=\"c-fontSizer\">\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--decrease c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Decrease Font\" data-tooltip-title=\"Decrease text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Descrease article font size<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--increase c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Increase Font\" data-tooltip-title=\"Increase text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Increase article font size<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>A high-profile sexual assault trial involving five former members of Canada\u2019s world junior hockey team is set to begin Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net\/70c8fc80\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>Dillon Dube, Carter Hart, Michael McLeod, Cal Foote and Alex Formenton were charged with sexual assault early last year in a 2018 alleged group sexual assault in London, Ont., after a Hockey Canada gala event. McLeod is facing an additional charge of being a party to the offence of sexual assault.<\/p>\n<p>All five players are expected to plead not guilty. Superior Court Justice Maria Carroccia will preside over the trial in London, which is expected to unfold over several weeks.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day&#039;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\" title=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h2 class=\"c-inlineSignup__title\">Get daily National news<\/h2>\n<p>Get the day’s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>News of the event first broke in May 2022 after TSN reported Hockey Canada had settled a civil lawsuit with the female complainant.<\/p>\n<div 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