Attorneys for Jacob Hoggard are suggesting a younger lady expressed "sexual curiosity" within the musician in messages earlier than an incident during which she alleges he violently raped her.
The lady, who's one in every of two complainants in Hoggard's intercourse assault trial, is being cross-examined by the defence in a downtown Toronto courtroom.
Defence lawyer Megan Savard urged this morning that the lady, who was 16 on the time, was reciprocating Hoggard's sexual curiosity as they exchanged messages in 2016.
The lady replied that whereas she could "probably" have expressed sexual curiosity in Hoggard, she by no means stated she needed to have intercourse with him or mentioned any plans to have intercourse.
Hoggard has pleaded not responsible to 2 counts of sexual assault inflicting bodily hurt and one in every of sexual interference, a cost that pertains to the sexual touching of somebody beneath 16.
The lady started her testimony Thursday, saying she met Hoggard on just a few events at live shows and fan occasions for Hedley, the band he fronted, they usually started messaging one another after a meet-and-greet in April 2016, when she was 15.
She testified the messages grew romantic and sexual over time, and Hoggard advised her he cherished her and noticed a future together with her.
The lady alleged that he groped her backstage at a present just a few weeks after they began texting and, within the fall of 2016, repeatedly raped her vaginally and orally in his Toronto-area lodge room.
An agreed assertion of information says Hoggard had a sexual encounter together with her at a lodge on Sept. 30, 2016.
The doc says he additionally had a sexual encounter with one other lady, the second complainant within the case, on Nov. 22 of that yr.
Neither complainant will be recognized beneath a publication ban, nor can a number of witnesses.
This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed Might 9, 2022.
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