Neither side has proven anything one way or another yet, almost no evidence has been put forth by either side, aside from the consent video's and before videos at Jack's bar, as well as her statements from 2018 and 2022 that I believe everyone has seen.
I am no lawyer, but I assume the prosecution has called EM early in the trial so that they can get the cross examination done before all evidence is submitted to the court. I am sure the defence has all the info, however, not certain how it is going to be presented to the court. There is no way the Crown brought charges based on just EM's story, or statements.
I suspect further evidence from group chats and witnesses could be pretty damning, and prosecution wants the cross to EM done prior to putting forth that evidence.
I am certainly no expert on PTSD or have any experience in a situation like this, however, based things I have heard, read etc, I definitley find it plausible that she was definitely afraid in the situation and that she would be reacting in the moment to what she thought they wanted to preserve her safety. I also believe it plausible that her memory of the evening may not be completely accurate as she could very well have sent her mind to a different place in the moment to get through it.
As the days, months, years have progressed, as well as I imagine some form of therapy or at least talking about the situation memories of that night have come back which would be why not everything matches her statement from 2018.
The crown definitely needs to present more factual evidence in order to obtain a guilty verdict, but I am fairly certan that is coming down the line.
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