NHLer says he had 'no reason to lie' in text under scrutiny at trial of former world junior players

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Cunningham besides challenges Sayani’s constituent astir Howden being intoxicated erstwhile helium was successful the edifice country and witnessed Dubé allegedly smack the complainant connected the buttocks.

She said being drunk doesn’t mean you’re an unreliable witnesser each the time, and it doesn’t mean Howden would person invented a communicative astir seeing Dubé smack the complainant’s buttocks.

Assistant Crown lawyer Meaghan Cunningham is backmost up, making the constituent that erstwhile she asked Howden if helium was describing thing helium knew to beryllium true, regarding the substance message, helium answered: ‘Yeah.”

She said erstwhile she asked if helium believed helium was being truthful successful those messages, Howden said yes.

“There is nary substantive quality present betwixt Howden saying that this is the information oregon I judge that was the truth,” Cunningham said.

Hart’s lawyer challenges substance message

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Court has resumed and present Riaz Sayani, lawyer for Carter Hart, is besides challenging the admissibility and accuracy of Howden’s substance connection related to the alleged slap by Dubé connected the buttocks of the complainant.

Sayani said the witnesser indispensable beryllium capable to asseverate that the grounds accurately represented his cognition and recollection astatine the time.

It's not bully capable for a witnesser to accidental they would person been truthful, Sayani said. There besides needs to beryllium a voucher that they were, successful fact, accurate.

All Howden tin accidental is that helium was being sincere, Sayani said, but helium can’t accidental helium was not inaccurate.

Sayani said Howden besides said that helium agreed immoderate of what helium said successful each the substance messages could beryllium inaccurate, but couldn’t specify which ones.

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Court has recessed for luncheon until 2:15 p.m. ET.

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Carnelos said that to corroborate the accuracy of the text, Howden would person had to person said that helium knew erstwhile helium wrote that substance helium was trying to beryllium accurate.

But Carnelos says Howden can’t accidental that presently, and successful fact, helium “says the opposite.”

Carnelos challenges accuracy of text

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Carnelos is present addressing Justice Maria Carroccia astir the accuracy of the substance connection betwixt Howden and Raddysh related to the alleged slap connected the buttocks of the complainant by Dubé.

Carnelos is challenging the accuracy of what Howden said helium witnessed regarding the slap.

Howden has been dismissed for now. Cunningham had been making ineligible arguments to the tribunal astir the admissibility of substance messages successful narration to the 4th inconsistency.

That inconsistency relates to however Howden felt erstwhile Dillon Dubé is alleged to person slapped E.M., the complainant, connected the buttocks.