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Instead, the complainant texted the friend that she had been 鈥渁 little overdramatic鈥� when she first called her in the early hours of June 19, 2018, when she had shared few details about what had happened. She texted that she felt 鈥渞eally guilty and mad at myself for letting that s—- happen鈥� and that she felt 鈥渄irty and used鈥� afterward.

She texted she 鈥渘ever wanted to do this鈥� to her boyfriend, who is now her fianc茅.听

鈥淚 didn鈥檛 want to admit it was a sexual assault,鈥� she testified Monday. 鈥淚 didn鈥檛 want to say those words, because then it would be true.鈥�

It was the seventh day of testimony overall for the complainant, whose identity is covered by a standard publication ban. The woman alleges she was sexually assaulted by several members of the hockey team in a room at the Delta Armouries hotel in the early hours of June 19, 2018, when she was 20 years old. The alleged incident happened after the woman met player Michael McLeod at Jack鈥檚 Bar and agreed to go back to his hotel where they had consensual sex in a room he shared with Formenton, only for other players to show up afterward.

McLeod, Formenton, 顿耻产茅, Carter Hart and Cal Foote have pleaded not guilty. The Crown has alleged that McLeod later had intercourse with the complainant a second time in the hotel room鈥檚 bathroom; that Formenton separately had intercourse with the complainant in the bathroom; that McLeod, Hart, and 顿耻产茅 obtained oral sex from the woman; that 顿耻产茅 slapped her naked buttocks, and that Foote did the splits over her head and his genitals 鈥済razed鈥� her face.听

In her text to her friend on June 19, 2018, the complainant stated that McLeod had been 鈥渟uch a jerk,鈥� that he had all his friends in the hotel room 鈥渁nd it was just a bad situation. I shouldn鈥檛 have put myself in that position.鈥�

On Monday, Formenton鈥檚 lawyer Daniel Brown wrapped his cross-examination as he asked the complainant if she led his client into the hotel room bathroom.听

鈥淚 don鈥檛 believe I was leading him in there, I know I got up to go to the bathroom, and I knew he was following behind, so I guess that means I was leading, sure,鈥� she said.听

When Brown told her that a witness is expected to say she actually pulled Formenton into the bathroom, the complainant replied: 鈥淚 don鈥檛 recall it happening like that, but I guess it could be possible.鈥澨�

The complainant has testified she recalls hearing men around her in the room saying someone should have sex with her, while the defence has countered that she was demanding to have sex with players. The woman has also testified she doesn鈥檛 recall any conversation with Formenton, but that he put a condom on before they had intercourse.听

Brown suggested to the woman that she said and did many things to his client in the bathroom, including: touching Formenton鈥檚 crotch and saying she would help him get an erection, pulling down his pants and underwear, saying he didn鈥檛 have to wear a condom because she was on birth control, and apologizing because she had sunburns on her chest due to sunbathing nude.听

The complainant confirmed she was on birth control at the time and had been sunbathing nude in her backyard, but said she didn鈥檛 recall saying or doing any of the things Brown put to her.听

鈥淚 have no memory of any conversation with him,鈥� she testified.听

The complainant has maintained she was very drunk at Jack鈥檚 and back at the hotel room, where she alleges the men placed a bedsheet on the floor and asked her to fondle herself, to perform oral sex on them as she was slapped and spat on, and to have vaginal intercourse. The woman has said she engaged in the sexual activity while adopting a 鈥減orn star persona鈥� as a coping mechanism while in a room surrounded by men she didn鈥檛 know.听

By the end of the night, the men had dispersed, and it was just McLeod, Formenton and the complainant still in the room. Brown pointed to the woman鈥檚 statement to police in 2018 in which she said she thought Formenton was leaning in to give her a hug before she left. The lawyer suggested she was upset that he didn鈥檛, and that the men seemed to just want her to leave, as they had to get to bed.听

鈥淵ou felt a bit scorned that neither of the men left in the room were really paying too much attention when you left,鈥� Brown said.

鈥淵ou were expecting them to give you a hug, and to thank you for the night, and to walk you out to the lobby. And when that didn鈥檛 happen, you felt hurt.鈥�

The complainant disagreed.听

鈥淚 remember feeling that that was odd, I鈥檇 never had an encounter that kind of ends in that type of way, but I wasn鈥檛 scorned about it,鈥� she said.

鈥淚 definitely felt disrespected, but I felt disrespected the whole night, so I鈥檓 not sure why I thought the end would be any different.鈥�

As she left the hotel, she told the jury she called her best friend, 鈥渃rying uncontrollably鈥� and struggling to get the words out about what had happened. 鈥淚 think I told her enough for her to realize that something not normal had happened,鈥� the complainant said.听

顿耻产茅鈥檚 lawyer, Lisa Carnelos, pointed out to the complainant that she didn鈥檛 mention in those initial texts or phone call with her friend that she had been sexually assaulted or that she had been scared. The complainant maintained she was still processing everything at the time.听

鈥淚 didn鈥檛 want to admit it was as bad as it was,鈥� she testified. 鈥淚 didn鈥檛 want to think about it.鈥�

Picking up on a thread that was explored by other defence lawyers last week, Carnelos suggested that the woman was upset that few players in the hotel room were taking her up on her offer to have sex, and would become 鈥渢aunting鈥� or 鈥渢hreatening鈥� in nature as she would say to them: 鈥淲ell, I鈥檓 going to leave then.鈥�

The complainant said she wasn鈥檛 sure, but that she may have made a comment about leaving.听

Carnelos suggested that at least one player consoled the complainant, telling her that many of the men had girlfriends and that鈥檚 why they didn鈥檛 want to engage with her.听

鈥淚 don鈥檛 recall hearing that at all,鈥� she said. 鈥淎gain, I鈥檇 be confused as to why they were even in the room in the first place.鈥�

Carnelos suggested to the woman that, in response to the complainant asking 鈥淎re you going to f—- me or play golf?鈥� one player slapped her buttocks in a 鈥減layful鈥� manner; the defence lawyer suggested this caused the complainant to say: 鈥淎re you going to f—- me or just play?鈥�

The woman denied that that happened, saying she recalled the slapping occurred while she was performing oral sex on several men on the bedsheet on the floor, and later while performing oral sex on McLeod on the bed.

She testified she felt like she was the focus of the room, as 鈥渏ust an object 鈥� there for their entertainment.鈥� She said she was surrounded by the men as they talked around her, making comments about her and what they鈥檇 like to do to her.

Carnelos suggested that some of them were actually talking about totally different topics and not paying any attention to her.

鈥淚n your head, you thought or wanted to be the focus of the room, but what I鈥檓 putting to you is these boys were having fun amongst themselves, separate and apart from your existence, do you agree or disagree?鈥� the lawyer asked the complainant.

The woman disagreed, saying she wasn鈥檛 trying to be the centre of attention.

鈥淚f they wanted their own conversations, I鈥檓 sure they all had other hotel rooms they could have gone to do that in,鈥� she said.听