Woman at heart of Hockey Canada probe took polygraph, cooperated with police: lawyer
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The lawyer for the woman at the heart of allegations rocking Hockey Canada said his client made it clear to police from the start 'that she wanted criminal charges pursued.'
The woman at the heart of a sexual assault allegation rocking Hockey Canada to its core volunteered to take a polygraph test about those allegations, her lawyer told Global News.
It is part of what Robert Talach describes as an effort to “correct the record” and address attempts to “discredit” his client, who he says made it clear to police in London, Ont., from the very beginning of the matter in June 2018 “that she wanted criminal charges pursued.”
The decision comes after defence lawyers for several players reportedly shared text messages and video clips with a Globe and Mail reporter last month, in which the report said the lawyers believed the woman consented.
Global News has not independently verified the content of those reported texts or videos.
Hockey Canada officials previously claimed in statements that Talach’s client, identified in court documents only as “E.M.” had “chosen” not to speak with police in London or an external probe paid for by the organization when they attempted to probe the alleged sexual assault by eight Canadian Hockey League players including members of the 2018 World Juniors championship team.
Hockey Canada later reversed those claims, but Talach said he and his client fear that correction hasn’t been widely noted.
Talach said his client would not be speaking with media and did not provide a copy of the polygraph test results to Global News when requested. The Globe and Mail first reported on the polygraph on Tuesday morning and in that report, cited Talach as saying it was important to his client to do it “because of recent suggestions that she has not been totally honest in her account of the events.”
That report from the Globe and Mail also described a brief interview with E.M. in which she was quoted as saying she felt “vulnerable and exposed” by the matter becoming so public.
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