Alleged victim takes the stand in sexual assault trial for former Vancouver Canuck
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The woman who accused former Vancouver Canucks forward Jake Virtanen of sexual assault testified Monday in B.C. Supreme Court.
Warning: This story contains a description of an alleged sexual assault.
The sexual assault trial of former Vancouver Canucks forward Jake Virtanen got underway at B.C. Supreme Court in downtown Vancouver on Monday.
The Crown’s sole witness, the now-23-year-old woman who alleges Virtanen raped her in his hotel room in September 2017, took the stand to describe what she says happened that night.
The woman, whose identity is protected by the courts, was referred to by her initials M.S. She testified she was 18 years old and didn’t know who Virtanen was when she met him at a bar at the Calgary Stampede in July 2017.
She said the two kissed and exchanged contact information, and when she travelled to Vancouver from her home in the Interior several months later to visit friends, she and Virtanen arranged to meet up.
The Crown asked the young woman, “Did you have any thought that something of a sexual nature would happen?”
“No,” M.S. replied.
