Jurors must resume discussions today on the sexual assault case against Canadian musician Jacob Hogard.
The jury began deliberations on Tuesday afternoon after receiving detailed instructions from the judge on the legal principles to apply when weighing evidence.
Hogard, the vocalist of the band Hadley, pleaded not guilty to two counts of sexual assault and bodily harm, one of sexual assault on a person under 16 years of age.
Prosecutors allege that he brutally and repeatedly raped a teenage fan and a young woman from Ottawa in separate incidents in the fall of 2016.
They also claim that he touched the teenager after the Hadley show in Toronto in April 2016, when she was 15.
The defense claims that the applicants had sex by mutual consent with Hogard and lied about it later in order to cover up their embarrassment after they were rejected.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published on June 2, 2022.
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