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London Ont. – E.M., the woman who has alleged she was sexually assaulted by five former members of Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team, told a jury Monday that after she had consensual sex with Michael McLeod early in the morning of June 19, 2018, she was sexually assaulted and felt she had to go along with what McLeod and some of his teammates wanted her to do in order to get out of the crowded hotel room safely.

E.M., whose identity is protected by a publication ban, testified that after she and McLeod initially had consensual sex in his room following a night of dancing and drinking at a downtown bar in London, Ont., the mood of the room shifted after McLeod began texting people and then a number of men began appearing in the room. She testified players repeatedly stopped her from leaving the room.

“I was feeling scared,” E.M. told the court. “I didn’t know where things were going. I didn’t know how to handle that kind of situation. “I was scared and confused, I guess… They were laughing at me; they were spitting on me at points. It just seemed like a joke to them. But I was feeling just intimidated and not sure how to react.”

McLeod, Alex Formenton, Carter Hart, Dillon Dube and Callan Foote are charged with sexual assault. McLeod faces a second charge of party to the offence. If they are convicted, the players face up to 10 years in prison. They have all pleaded not guilty.

E.M. testified that after she had consensual sex with McLeod and went to the bathroom, she returned to the bedroom, lay down naked on a bed, and saw McLeod fully dressed and texting someone. McLeod then left for a brief period of time and two other men entered the room.

“I was shocked by that,” E.M. testified.

E.M. told the court that she went to the bathroom again and after she returned to the hotel room, there were a number of other men present. She testified that the men directed her to lay on the floor and when she refused, someone put down a bedsheet.

E.M. testified that she had a “weird feeling of my mind separating itself from my body. I just remember the way I picture that night. My mind kind of floated to the top corner of the ceiling. I just started watching everything happen...It didn’t feel like I had any control, it didn’t feel like I had a choice.”

She testified that there were golf clubs in the room and the players “talked about putting golf balls in my vagina” and talked about whether E.M. could “take the whole golf club in me.”

E.M. testified that she was directed by the players........

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