Analyzing the Hockey Canada trial [2]
Canadian True Crime
Kristi Lee
4.7 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 7 September 2025
⏱️ ? minutes
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Summary
[Part 2 of 5] The Hockey Canada verdicts are final, but the story isn’t. Kristi Lee looks closely at the most talked-about evidence, how it was reflected in the written decision, and how that shaped public opinion. Thanks for your patience!
In this episode:
- The flaws in the first police investigation - and why it didn't result in charges
- Michael McLeod's instagram exchange with EM the day after the hotel room incident
- The "group chat" six days later that appears to show the hockey players trying to get their stories straight
- The series of debacles that resulted in this jury trial switching to judge-alone
- Survivors JB and Kelly Favro return to share their perspectives about watching this case unfold not only as survivors — but also as massive hockey fans.
*Additional content warning: Details of sexual acts.
PLEASE NOTE: This series does not dispute the judge’s verdicts. Instead, it highlights a deeper truth: contradictions and inconsistencies existed on both sides, yet the accused players’ accounts were overwhelmingly accepted while the victim-complainant's was dismissed as “not credible or reliable.” Regardless of verdicts, our position is that this framing was both unnecessary and harmful — and its impact reaches far beyond the trial itself.
More information and resources:
- LISTEN: Kelly Favro’s Story and The Trial of Jacob Hoggard (JB’s story)
- WATCH: Steve Dangle Show on Youtube - Team Canada World Junior Trial Verdict w/ Katie Strang, July 29 2025
- READ: The Hockey Canada trial could have been a reckoning. It was something else - by Dan Robson and Katie Strang,The Athletic, July 24 2025
- If you or anyone you know is experiencing sexual violence and abuse, help is available at REES Community or Ending Violence Canada - Sexual Assault Centres, Crisis Lines and Support Services
- Beyond The Verdict:www.beyondtheverdict.ca
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| 0:56.7 | Canadian True Crime is a completely independent production, funded mainly through advertising. |
| 1:00.4 | The podcast often has disturbing content and coarse language. |
| 1:03.2 | It's not for everyone. Please take care when listening. |
| 1:06.1 | An additional content warning. |
| 1:09.6 | This episode includes details of sexual acts. |
| 1:22.6 | Hi there, I hope you're well. This is part two of our Hockey Canada trial series. Thanks so much for your patience while I took some time to get it all together, because there |
| 1:27.9 | is going to be a part three as well, although you won't have to wait anywhere near as long. |
| 1:33.4 | Honestly, we could probably go on forever with this case because it's massive and overwhelming. |
| 1:39.1 | It's the most complex sexual assault trial in Canadian history. |
| 1:43.1 | One victim complainant, five accused hockey players, |
| 1:46.8 | at least five more of their teammates who were witnesses, multiple police statements, |
| 1:51.8 | hockey Canada interviews, hours of testimony, wall-to-wall media coverage, and the fact that |
| 1:57.4 | those not guilty verdicts came with an unprecedented 90-page written decision. |
| 2:03.7 | Add to that, the emotion around the case, the verdicts, and in response to our part one, |
| 2:09.3 | and it's a lot to take in. So while I have gone through it all, I've narrowed it down to the key |
| 2:15.1 | points that caught my attention, and we're going to |
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