ON - Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard takes stand in sexual assault trial, denies he raped complainant

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Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard denies that he raped the woman who is accusing him of sexual assault, or that he touched her sexually without her consent.

Hoggard took the stand Tuesday morning in the northeastern Ontario city of Temiskaming Shores, where he has pleaded not guilty in a criminal trial that began last week.

Canadian musician has pleaded not guilty in trial that began last week

 

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I though this trial was over? Is this another one?

 

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I though this trial was over? Is this another one?

Yes it is. This is the third charge brought against him.

Trial dates are set for disgraced Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard -- who is facing another sexual assault charge in northern Ontario(opens in a new tab) -- but they are more than a year away.

Hoggard, the frontman for the band Hedley, was convicted(opens in a new tab) last June of raping an Ottawa woman in 2016 and is currently out on bail while appealing(opens in a new tab) his five-year prison sentence in that case.

He was found not guilty at that same trial of groping and raping a teenage fan.

A third sexual assault charge was laid against Hoggard in March 2022 in connection with an alleged incident in Kirkland Lake on June 25, 2016.

His jury trial(opens in a new tab) is set to begin Sept. 23, 2024, the Haileybury court confirmed over teleconference with the Crown and defence Thursday morning.

Jacob Hoggard's northern Ont. sexual assault trial to be held fall 2024

 

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Closing arguments underway in Jacob Hoggard's sexual assault trial