EDITORB次元官网网址橲 NOTE: This story contains graphic court statements describing sexual assault

Prosecutors allege Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard is a B次元官网网址渟exual opportunistB次元官网网址� who felt entitled to satisfy his particular sexual preferences over the objections of a teenage fan and a young woman.

In her closing arguments at the singerB次元官网网址檚 sex assault trial, Crown attorney Jill Witkin noted Hoggard testified he was confident both complainants consented to their sexual encounters in the fall of 2016, but couldnB次元官网网址檛 say how they expressed that consent and had no detailed memories of what happened.

Witkin also highlighted a number of similarities in the accounts brought by the complainants B次元官网网址� two women who have never met or spoken with each other B次元官网网址� saying they show a pattern in HoggardB次元官网网址檚 behaviour.

Earlier today, HoggardB次元官网网址檚 lawyers told the jury the musician may have been cavalier and disrespectful towards women, but he is not a B次元官网网址渟adistic serial rapist.B次元官网网址�

Defence lawyer Megan Savard painted her client as an insecure, attention-starved rock star who routinely succumbed to the temptation and easy validation of one-night stands over more than a decade of touring with the band Hedley, even when in a relationship.

But she said Hoggard did not rape the two complainants in the case, one of whom was 16 at the time.

B次元官网网址淗e did not take delight in their struggles, he is not a monster, he is a flawed human being,B次元官网网址� she said in her final pitch to the jury.

B次元官网网址淗is fame and power gave him the capacity to engage in hurtful conduct and two women were hurt by his callous approach to their sexual relationships,B次元官网网址� she said.

B次元官网网址淏ut Mr. Hoggard is not on trial for breaking hearts or disrespecting women, he is not on trial for being cavalier with their feelings. He has already admitted and paid the price for that.B次元官网网址�

Savard argued the complainants made up the rape allegations because they were B次元官网网址渦pset and embarrassed by the way Mr. Hoggard dismissed themB次元官网网址� and the stigma of admitting they regretted a consensual encounter was B次元官网网址渢oo painful.B次元官网网址�

She further suggested the complainants B次元官网网址渘eeded a sympathetic story to tell that would allow them to save faceB次元官网网址� with their close friends and family, and while they never initially planned to contact police, by 2018, the pressure to do so began to mount.

B次元官网网址淭heyB次元官网网址檇 lived with their lies for so long they had to follow through,B次元官网网址� she said.

Hoggard, 37, has pleaded not guilty to two counts of sexual assault causing bodily harm and one of sexual interference, a charge that refers to the sexual touching of someone under 16.

The Crown alleges Hoggard violently and repeatedly raped a 16-year-old fan and a young woman in separate incidents in the fall of 2016.

Both women testified they cried and said no throughout the encounters, which took place in Toronto-area hotels.

The younger complainant, a longtime Hedley fan who first met Hoggard at age 12, testified he raped her vaginally and orally and attempted to do so anally on Sept. 30, 2016. She said she resisted physically but Hoggard pinned her down.

The second complainant, an Ottawa woman, testified she agreed to meet Hoggard in Toronto to have sex on Nov. 22, 2016. But instead of having consensual sex, she was raped anally, vaginally and orally, and at one point dragged by the legs into the bathroom, she told the court.

Both alleged Hoggard spit in their mouths, slapped them and called them derogatory names. They also said he restricted their breathing: the first complainant alleged he also pushed her face into the pillows, and the second complainant said he choked her so hard she feared for her life.

The Ottawa woman also alleged Hoggard asked her to urinate on him, which she refused to do

ItB次元官网网址檚 also alleged Hoggard groped the younger complainant backstage after a Hedley concert in Toronto in April 2016, when she was still 15.

Hoggard testified earlier this week that he had consensual, B次元官网网址減assionateB次元官网网址� sex with each of the complainants in Toronto-area hotels.

He acknowledged some of the acts the women described B次元官网网址� including spitting, slapping and calling them derogatory names B次元官网网址� may have happened because they were part of his sexual repertoire.

The jury could begin its deliberations as early as Tuesday.

B次元官网网址擯aola Loriggio, The Canadian Press