The defence lawyer for former a Vancouver Canuck has wrapped up his cross-examination of the woman who has accused Jake Virtanen of sexually assaulting her in 2017, and the Crown closed its case later in the afternoon.

VirtanenB次元官网网址檚 lawyer, Brock Martland, asked the 23-year-old woman why she attended a pre-season game between the Canucks and Calgary Flames two days after the night of the alleged assault in VirtanenB次元官网网址檚 downtown Vancouver hotel room.

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Virtanen, who is now 25, was charged with one count of sexual assault in January following an investigation by Vancouver police.

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The trial has heard Virtanen and the woman met at the Calgary Stampede in 2017, exchanged numbers and stayed in touch through text messages and Instagram when they both returned to B.C.

Later that year, the woman drove to Vancouver to visit family and friends, and to do a photoshoot, and messaged Virtanen about meeting. He picked her up from her friendB次元官网网址檚 house and took her to his hotel room. During cross-examination earlier this week, Martland argued that a sexual encounter between the woman and Virtanen was consensual.

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Before wrapping up his cross-examination on Thursday, Martland apologized for the question about why she had not offered an excuse, calling it insensitive.

The Canucks placed Virtanen on leave in May 2021 after the sexual assault allegation was made public, and bought out his contract the following month. He last played in the Russian-based Kontinental Hockey League.

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