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Published June 3, 2022, 7:59 p.m.
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TORONTO – Jurors will continue to discuss for the fourth day in the process of sexual assault against Canadian musician Jacob Hogard, vocalist of the band Hedley.
On Thursday, the jury told the court it could not reach a unanimous agreement on “some” points, but was instructed to continue discussing and continuing to ask questions and review the testimony of one witness.
Hogard, 37, pleaded not guilty to two counts of sexual assault and bodily harm, one of sexual assault on a person under 16 years of age.
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The Crown claims that Hogard forcibly and repeatedly raped a teenage fan and a young woman from Ottawa in separate incidents in the fall of 2016.
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He also allegedly groped the teen after a Hadley show in April 2016, when she was 15.
The defense claims that the palpation did not take place and that both sexual encounters were by mutual consent.
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