TORONTO (CelebrityAccess) – Canadian rock musician Jacob Hoggard was found guilty of sexual assault causing bodily harm by a Toronto jury for violently raping an Ottawa woman in 2016. Hoggard, former frontman for the band Hedley, was also acquitted of one count of sexual interference. The charge comes from an allegation that he had groped the young woman at one of his concerts when she was just 15. Hoggard pleaded not guilty to all three charges; his trial began on May 5th but hit several delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Both victims testified Hoggard spit in their mouths, slapped them, and called them derogatory names.

Source: CBC News June 06, 2022 13:19 UTC