Jacques Gallant

@JacquesGallant

@TorontoStar courts and justice reporter. Don't get mad, get everything. Get in touch: [email protected].

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Joined March 2011

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Jacques Gallant@JacquesGallant · Jul 25

Opinion: The Hockey Canada trial more proof we should consider restorative justice instead of criminal trials thestar.com/opinion/contri… via @torontostar

JacquesGallant's tweet card. It is time to give survivors more options that respond to what they need, provide accountability, and promote public safety. Restorative justice should be one of these options.

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Jacques Gallant@JacquesGallant · Jul 24

NEW: Judge says Crown has not proven any of the counts. Says the complainant E.M.'s testimony was not "credible or reliable." Judge now reading her lengthy decision.

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Packed courtroom this morning with people still waiting outside hoping to be let in. Live updates: Accused Hockey Canada players now in court room; judge to deliver verdicts in sexual assault trial this morning thestar.com/news/canada/ho… via @torontostar

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Jacques Gallant@JacquesGallant · Jul 24

JacquesGallant's tweet card. The five former NHL and world junior players were charged with sexual assault, with one facing a second charge of being party to sexual assault. All pleaded not guilty.

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Jacques Gallant@JacquesGallant · Jul 26

Anatomy of an acquittal: How the Hockey Canada sexual assault case fell apart thestar.com/news/canada/an… via @torontostar

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Jacques Gallant@JacquesGallant · Jul 25

Final story now up: All five players found not guilty at Hockey Canada trial: 'I do not find the evidence either credible or reliable' thestar.com/news/canada/al… via @torontostar

JacquesGallant's tweet card. Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dubé and Cal Foote were found not guilty of sexually assaulting a woman at a London hotel in the early hours of June

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Jacques Gallant@JacquesGallant · Jul 24

It's now official: Judge has acquitted all five players in the Hockey Canada sexual assault case.

JJacques Gallant@JacquesGallant · Jul 24

NEW: Judge says Crown has not proven any of the counts. Says the complainant E.M.'s testimony was not "credible or reliable." Judge now reading her lengthy decision.

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Jacques Gallant@JacquesGallant · Jul 23

'She's come a long way': Lawyer for woman who sued Hockey Canada reflects ahead of verdicts Thursday in sexual assault trial thestar.com/news/canada/sh… via @torontostar

JacquesGallant's tweet card. The woman known to the public only as E.M. alleged in graphic testimony earlier this year at the players' criminal trial that she was sexually assaulted by members of the

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Jacques Gallant@JacquesGallant · Jul 20

Why the Hockey Canada sex assault verdicts coming this Thursday hinge on the legal meaning of one word thestar.com/news/canada/wh… via @torontostar

JacquesGallant's tweet card. "This is a case about consent," the Crown attorney said. "And equally as important, this is a case about what is not consent."

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Jacques Gallant@JacquesGallant · Jul 14

This $1-billion Toronto courthouse was forced to shut down Monday due to an electrical problem thestar.com/news/gta/this-… via @torontostar

JacquesGallant's tweet card. Toronto’s provincial courthouse was forced to shut down Monday morning due to an internet outage caused by blown electrical breakers within the relatively new $1-billion building.

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Jacques Gallant@JacquesGallant · Jun 24

Family storm out of court as judge acquits ‘Good Samaritans’ in death of man who went on sudden ‘rampage’ inside Toronto Jack Astor’s thestar.com/news/gta/famil… via @torontostar

JacquesGallant's tweet card. Frank Harbalis, 32, died after being restrained by two patrons in a Scarborough restaurant on July 11, 2022.

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Jacques Gallant@JacquesGallant · Jun 23

Judge wrong to block Law Society from youth records of ‘bathtub girl’ murderer turned would-be Ontario lawyer, court rules thestar.com/news/judge-wro… via @torontostar

JacquesGallant's tweet card. The Youth Criminal Justice Act “recognizes that there must be necessary exceptions to this information being available to, and used by, third parties,” the judge found.

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Jacques Gallant@JacquesGallant · Jun 19

Judge was wrong to tell federal government to hire more judges to address ‘appalling’ trial delays: Appeal court thestar.com/news/judge-was… via @torontostar

JacquesGallant's tweet card. The lower court “overstepped its jurisdictional bounds” by telling Ottawa to fill chronic judicial vacancies in a timely manner, the Federal Court of Appeal ruled.

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Jacques Gallant@JacquesGallant · Jun 19

‘Glory hole scenario’: Court rejects sex assault appeal of Toronto man who pretended to be a woman, lured men into anonymous sex thestar.com/news/gta/glory… via @torontostar

JacquesGallant's tweet card. “The appellant engaged in a premeditated and rather elaborate ruse in order to deceive the victims for his own sexual pleasure,” the judge ruled. “He violated their sexual integrity.”

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Jacques Gallant@JacquesGallant · Jun 13

Hockey Canada trial ends as Crown lays out why each player should be convicted. Judgment day July 24 thestar.com/news/canada/ho… via @torontostar

JacquesGallant's tweet card. The prosecution case against Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dubé and Cal Foote, as detailed on the final day of the marathon Hockey Canada sex assault trial.

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Jacques Gallant@JacquesGallant · Jun 13

‘I apologize for being sarcastic’: Judge, prosecutor spar over meaning of Hockey Canada players’ group texts thestar.com/news/canada/i-… via @torontostar

JacquesGallant's tweet card. “I apologize for being sarcastic, Ms. Cunningham, but inferences have to be drawn from facts, not speculation.”

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Jacques Gallant@JacquesGallant · Jun 12

Hockey Canada players are relying on ‘ideal victim’ sex assault myths, Crown argues thestar.com/news/canada/ho… via @torontostar

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Jacques Gallant@JacquesGallant · Jun 12

Detective wasn’t interested in the truth, had ‘fundamental misunderstanding’ of consent laws, Crown tells judge at Hockey Canada trial thestar.com/news/canada/de… via @torontostar

JacquesGallant's tweet card. The London police detective’s conclusion that the complainant could have been an “active participant” reflects an “incorrect understanding of what consent actually means in law,” the prosecutors said...

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Jacques Gallant@JacquesGallant · Jun 11

Don’t believe players' ‘parroted’ story, Crown says in closing arguments at Hockey Canada trial thestar.com/news/canada/do… via @torontostar

JacquesGallant's tweet card. In closing arguments at the Hockey Canada trial, a Crown attorney argued that the world juniors “parroted” a false version of events to the police and in court.

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Jacques Gallant@JacquesGallant · Jun 10

Hockey Canada complainant ‘lied under oath,’ defence says as judge sets July 24 as date for verdict thestar.com/news/canada/ho… via @torontostar

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