The accuser of Jacob Hoggard showed sexual interest in him, the defense said

On the last day of its cross-examination, the defense tried to show on Monday that the plaintiff began a romantic relationship with his client when he was 15 years old and he hopes to continue even after his sixteenth birthday by sleeping. to him.

Jacob Hoggard’s lawyer, Megan Savard, said she was convinced the woman wanted to sleep with him. a rock starbecause she had loved him since he was a child.

The complainant alleged that she was raped on Sept. 30, 2016 at a hotel in Mississauga, where the singer invited her to have lunch with members of the Hedley group and visit Toronto afterwards.

He added that he also pinched her butt and tried to kiss her neck, but was unsuccessful, after a concert at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto on April 29, 2016.

Beginning of a romantic relationship

Me Savard admitted their relationship was platonic before this show in April, but then became romantic before making a sexual tangent in the summer of the same year.

The complainant acknowledges that Jacob Hoggard asked him about his birthday in the spring and he told him he was only 15, but would soon be 16 in June.

I can’t remember if he asked me right after the concert, but he didn’t ask me to lie about my age.he says.

However, he insisted on that the singer has crossed the line by acting in this way, as he felt not comfortable in front of his friends. But not to the point of stopping to see ithe says.

He explained that he didn’t want to make the situation worse, especially since he had to drive them home after the concert at the Scotiabank Arena.

Yes, I could tell him what he did was wrong and would never be repeated, but I didn’t.he admits, answering Me Savard’s question.

The young woman, however, certainly rejected the idea that she had sought a sexual relationship by agreeing to visit him in Toronto in September of the same year.

There was no way we were having sex when he invited me to Torontohe said defensively.

He admitted that he gave an alibi to his mother who did not want her son to go alone to the metropolis to meet Jacob Hoggard there.

For defense, a rapist quickly reconciled her to her mother for disobeying her that day.

My mother would have been angry if she knew I had agreed to meet her at a hotel if we could get along.he admits.

She explained that she made an alibi with her best friend by taking care to photograph them at a shopping center to prove to her mother that they were there together.

Beginning of intimate relationship

Me Savard recalls that the complainant and the singer exchanged over the summer messages of a sexual nature that clearly showed a desire on their part to sleep together after starting a romantic relationship 5 months after a concert.

It’s possible I expressed interest in having sex with her, but that had nothing to do with planning to have sex at the hotel that day.explanation of the complainant.

The young woman added that the singer’s sexual messages in the summer are sometimes ambiguous, so she took the initiative to show them to her older cousin who is more experienced than her in terms of relationships. .

I want to make sure I understand his intentions, because his text-messages are sometimes subject to interpretation and I don’t understand the meaning of certain words.he says.

She makes sure her cousin confirms to her that the expressions have a more romantic meaning than a sexual meaning and therefore she suggests ways to respond to him.

He did not, however, remember her answer to him at the time about his insinuations.

The complainant also denied that he was hiding the truth from the jury as the defense suggested. I never gave him my consent to all our exchangeshe says.

She added that she thought he would respect her decision not to sleep with him, because he had told her before to always trust him.

I didn’t tell her we were going to have sex and I wanted us to do this or that.he replied.

If I had noticed warnings in his messages about a sexual relationship, I would have ended our exchange.he continued.

He also acknowledges that the defendant’s name does not appear on the list of his Snapchat interlocutors to prevent his friends from questioning the fact that he has a relationship with the singer on the social network.

The complainant assured that he did not go to his hotel to sleep with the accused. It wasn’t even mentioned in our limo communications he sent me that morning.he says.

Alleged sexual assault

Me Savard also questioned the complainant’s explicit details when he recounted the rape he claimed was the victim.

He wonders, for example, how Jacob Hoggard removed the complainant’s shoelaces while forcing him to lie down on the bed or without being able to push him away to escape.

He also questions the fact the woman has bit the genitals of his client as he claimed, because such a bite did not deter Jacob Hoggard to continue to control it at its full weight on the bed.

Me Savard pointed out that he was too it is physically impossible for a man to ejaculate 4 times in 2 hours. What you say did not happen.continued the lawyer.

Said the maiden the singer did not use a condom and that he had cummed on her 4 times and maybe more inside her. and that is why he is in the hospital with his mother for tests.

There was only one ejaculation after consensual sexsaid Me Savard. No, he raped meresponse of complaining tit for tat.

The lawyer further reminded the jury that the complainant waited 4 or 5 minutes before getting dressed after the alleged rape, that she did not call 911 or her family and no one heard her screaming in the room.

He buried my head in the pillows so no one could hear mehe replied.

Me Savard added that the young man waited for his client to bring a limousine to take him home and even accompanied him to the hotel lobby.

In this regard, the complainant confirmed that the limousine was ordered in his name and not under the pseudonym he used on the outdoor trip with the same driver.

No hurried departure

The girl admitted that Jacob Hoggard did not try to ignore her or hide in public view in the hotel lobby, but he was trying to catch up with her when he rushed towards the exit.

Me Savard added that the plaintiff also contradicted himself by telling the trial that he was able to walk from the bedroom to the sidewalk of the hotel where the limousine driver was waiting for him, whereas he said the opposite in his statement at the police station. on March 6, 2018.

I could walk, but the pain, I couldn’t get up before I left the room, so my make-up and hair were removed, I quickly wiped his cum on my cheek.

The lawyer doubted that the woman was very unpresentable, as no one was stopping her at the hotel to ask if she was okay.

You are angry and embarrassed, not because you were raped, but because he asked you to leave the hotel earlier than expected that day, because he had to prepare for a concertsaid the lawyer.

The complainant replied that he did not know he was singing that night, but he was afraid of her and he was crying because he was hurt. Intercourse is not consensual, it is rapehe repeated.

A cross-examination was also made to find out that the complainant was in the summer of 2016 when a serious but persistent romantic relationship with a boy who attended the same high school as him.

The young man, who is two years older than him, is unaware of their relationship with the Hedley group singer.

The girl admitted that she failed to mention this relationship to the police when she filed a complaint against the singer. She insists that he was a great comfort to her, even as he refrains from telling her that she was raped.

He would have been understanding and supportive if I had told him., he says. He admitted, however, that the young man would have been upset if he had had a consensual sexual relationship with the singer.

The trial will continue tomorrow with the testimony of plaintiff number two.