Consent videos not viable as evidence in court, experts say after Hockey Canada trial | Unpublished
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Author: Samantha Edwards
Publication Date: June 16, 2025 - 12:00

Consent videos not viable as evidence in court, experts say after Hockey Canada trial

June 16, 2025
“You’re okay with this?” a male voice off-camera asks the woman, filmed from the neck up. “I’m okay with this,” she replies in the six-second video, shot around 3 a.m. on June 19, 2018. An hour later, a second video shows the woman in a hotel room, shielding herself with a towel. “Are you recording me?” she asks. “Okay, good. It was all consensual.”


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