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Alex Formenton told London police sergeant Stephen Newton in November 2018 that he “volunteered” to have sex with E.M. in the early morning hours of June 19, 2018. Formenton told Newton that afterwards, he saw E.M. giving oral sex to Carter Hart in front of a number of players. Newton: “And what are the guys doing in the room at the time?” Formenton: “They were just sitting there watching.” Formenton told Newton that Dillon Dube then received oral sex for ten minutes. Dube told Newton weeks later that he had received oral sex for “ten seconds, maybe.” Formenton and Dube's interviews were entered into evidence on Wednesday. Also, Newton testified that he never obtained search or production orders in his investigation, he obtained surveillance video from Jack's bar but never reviewed it, he obtained but did not send E.M.'s clothing for forensic testing, and he never obtained any text messages from players involved in the incident. Newton interviewed four members of Canada's 2018 world junior hockey team. He closed his investigation in February 2019 without laying charges.

“Dude, I’m so happy I left when all the shit went down… Haha. Man, when I was leaving, Duber was smacking this girl’s ass so hard. Like, it looked like it hurt so bad.” – Brett Howden text message to Taylor Raddysh on June 26, 2018. The judge overseeing the sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team has ruled she won't allow prosecutors to enter Howden’s text message into evidence in the case. Justice Maria Carroccia said Howden was under stress and was worried about himself when he learned that Hockey Canada was investigating the alleged incident. Carroccia: “Although Mr. Howden testified that he wasn't trying to lie when he sent that message, he did not testify that that message was true... This is a text message sent to a friend during a casual conversation. It is not a statement made under oath.”

“Dude, I’m so happy I left when all the shit went down… Haha. Man, when I was leaving, Duber was smacking this girl’s ass so hard. Like, it looked like it hurt so bad.” – Brett Howden text message to Taylor Raddysh on June 26, 2018. The judge overseeing the sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team has ruled she won't allow prosecutors to enter Howden’s text message into evidence in the case. Justice Maria Carroccia said Howden was under stress and was worried about himself when he learned that Hockey Canada was investigating the alleged incident. Carroccia: “Although Mr. Howden testified that he wasn't trying to lie when he sent that message, he did not testify that that message was true... This is a text message sent to a friend during a casual conversation. It is not a statement made under oath.”

The cross examination of E.M. is over after seven days. The Crown will begin its re-examination of her Wednesday morning.

Welcome to the Honourable Adam van Koeverden, Secretary of State (Sport).

Welcome to the Honourable Adam van Koeverden, Secretary of State (Sport).

Speaking of sincere and unwavering support for whistleblowers vs situational and conditional support or 'allyship'—is van Koeverden going to remain as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Sport? If so, the Prime Minister explicitly condones intimidation of whistleblowers.