World junior trial: Court watches Michael McLeods 2018 police interview [Video]

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The sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada’s world junior hockey team is watching a video of an interview one of the accused gave to police months after the alleged incident.

Michael McLeod spoke with the lead investigator in the case at the time, Det. Steve Newton, at his lawyer’s office in November 2018.

At the outset, Newton, who is now retired, tells McLeod he doesn’t believe he has the grounds to lay a charge of sexual assault and doesn’t have any plans at that point to arrest or charge him.

McLeod tells the officer he had sex with the complainant in his hotel room, then hung out with her and a few more guys while waiting for a food delivery to arrive.

He says he then went to pick up the food, and when he walked back into the room, the woman was giving oral …