{"id":1528,"date":"2024-10-03T16:45:51","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T16:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/?p=1528"},"modified":"2024-10-03T16:45:51","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T16:45:51","slug":"closing-arguments-expected-in-ex-hedley-singer-jacob-hoggards-sexual-assault-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/closing-arguments-expected-in-ex-hedley-singer-jacob-hoggards-sexual-assault-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Closing Arguments Expected in Ex-Hedley Singer Jacob Hoggard\u2019s Sexual Assault Trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Toronto<\/strong> \u2013 Closing arguments are set to take place today in the sexual assault trial of Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard. Both Hoggard and his accuser have presented conflicting testimonies regarding a June 2016 encounter in Kirkland Lake, Ontario.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred in a hotel room following a Hedley concert and an after-party bonfire. While both parties acknowledge a sexual encounter took place, the Crown alleges that the interaction was non-consensual. The complainant has accused Hoggard of rape, choking, hitting, and using degrading language, while Hoggard maintains that the encounter was a consensual one-night stand following a night of mutual flirtation.<\/p>\n<p>The defense is set to conclude its case before the jury hears closing statements from both sides later today.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SOURCE: Swifteradio<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto \u2013 Closing arguments are set to take place today in the sexual assault trial of Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard. Both Hoggard and his accuser have presented conflicting testimonies regarding a June 2016 encounter in Kirkland Lake, Ontario. The incident occurred in a hotel room following a Hedley concert and an after-party bonfire. While both [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[3672,4806,4807,4700,4808,4809,4810,4811,4812,4813,4814],"class_list":["post-1528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-amat","tag-canadian-musician","tag-canadian-press","tag-courtroom-news","tag-hedley-singer","tag-jacob-hoggard","tag-kirkland-lake","tag-non-consensual-allegations","tag-ontario-court-case","tag-sexual-assault-trial","tag-trial-closing-arguments"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1528\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}