Five Canadian professional hockey stores indicted for a sexual assault on a woman in 2018. Not found on Thursday, and the judgment judge the alleged violations of the complainant was not credible.

The case was captured by the country’s attention and raised concerns about the broader questions in the hockey culture, Canada is a nurtured national sport.

Michael McLeod, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dube, Carter Hart and Callan Foote He was standing on the allegations that they attacked a woman in the hotel room after the celebration for the national male junior team in the Canadian city of London.

Everyone is negated injustices, a claiming woman – whose identity is protected – was an active and willing participant in a series of sexual works.

Superior Judicial Justice Maria Carroccia read her detailed decision in front of the packaged London court, after one of the closest observed trials in recent Canadian history.

She opened a hearing by declaring that “did not find evidence of (the complainant) to be credible or reliable”, and the prosecutors did not prove their case.

These statements encouraged gasoline gases in the courtroom and hugged among the families of the accused, public broadcaster CBC reported.

Some five hours later, Carroccia announced that they were not guilty of the judgment for each of the accused.

“I find as a fact that the complainant expressed that he wanted to get involved in sexual activities with men,” she said.

He further ruled that the proof was not enough to determine that the consent referred to by the complainant “took fear”.

Criminal trials in Canada often decide the jury, but the case transferred to the trial of only judge after the two juries were fired.

Multiple investigations

The complainant, 20 at the time, met McLeod at a bar in London before sex with him.

This initial meeting was not in the trial, which focused on the events that occurred after McLeod mixed the group team team conversation by asking whether someone is interested in “three-way.”

The court heard that a woman was engaged in multiple sex with players for several hours.

Prosecutors claimed that the players did not take steps to ensure its consent. Defense lawyers said that the woman was willing to participate in voletently and only forced allegations after regretting his choices.

In her explanation for the verdict, the judge said that there are “worrying aspects” as the complainant reminded the events.

Carroccia noted that the woman told her to say “her truth,” and not the truth, “which seemingly blurred the line between what he believes is true and what is objectively true.”

The judge also found that the woman had significant gaps in her memory, “and she filled those gaps with assumptions.”

The woman cited alcohol consumption in questioning to explain certain behavior, but in the opinion of the judge, she “exaggerated his intoxication when they faced inconsistencies” on her account.

Consent Videos

The initial police investigation of the allegations did not give charges.

Subsequent media probes revealed Hockey Canada, the Manager’s body, used funds from the subscriber fees that ordinary families paid for $ 3.55 million CAD (£ 1.9 million) from the Cado, forcing the resignation of Hockey Canada.

Hockey Canada performed its probe for assessment whether the players violated any professional standards of behavior.

In the middle of the public coolare, the London police re-opened the case last year brought charges against players.

Legal proceedings focused on developing legal definitions of consent, and the trial was sent to the McLeod complaint, saying that it was fine with what happened. Prosecutors claimed a decision to see the worried concern that sex was not a consensum.

Hart, former National Hockey League Green, testified that such videos were the usual practice among professional athletes. Legal experts said that video records were not sustainable as proof of consent.

Carroccia clearly gave not to assess the videos as proof of consent, but they found that they illuminated the lighting of the woman’s mind.

“She talked normally. She smiled. She seems to be not upset or in trouble,” the judge said.