Very awkward: World junior trial hears 2018 police interviews with 2 accused [Video]

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The sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada’s world junior hockey team is hearing interviews two of the accused gave to police months after the encounter with the complainant.

Alex Formenton and Dillon Dube spoke with Det. Steve Newton, the lead investigator in the case at the time, in November and December 2018, respectively. Formenton’s interview was in person and captured on video, while Dube’s was on the phone and recorded.

In his interview, Formenton said he “volunteered” to have sex with the complainant after she asked him and his teammates if anyone would “do anything” with her.

He said many of the guys in the London, Ont., hotel room “didn’t feel comfortable” getting naked and having intercourse in front of the group, and several of them had girlfriends at the time.

Formenton said he also found it “very awkward and weird” to do it in front of …