Prosecutors begin presenting their case in the Hockey Canada sexual assault trial WSOC TV [Video]

LONDON, Ontario — (AP) — Prosecutors allege five members of Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team “did what they wanted” to an intoxicated young woman in a London, Ontario, hotel room in June of that year after she had consensual sex with one of them.

Prosecutor Heather Donkers gave jurors an overview of the evidence the government expects to present as the sexual assault trial of Dillon Dube, Carter Hart, Michael McLeod, Cal Foote, and Alex Formenton began Wednesday.

The players have all pleaded not guilty to sexual assault, and McLeod has also pleaded not guilty to an additional charge of being a party to the offense of sexual assault.

In her opening statement, Donkers said the complainant — who cannot be identified under a standard publication ban — met McLeod, Dube and some others at a bar on the same night that many of the team’s members attended a gala in the city.

She said the complainant is expected to testify that she had about eight drinks at the …