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Originally Posted by Cole436

Just to make sure I’m understanding you correctly, are you suggesting that EM was the one who pushed for charges?

Yes but not from the judgment only from the media:
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/...f623e1b27.html

Behind the scenes, records show that Meaghan Cunningham, the province’s lead sexual assault prosecutor as chair of the sexual violence advisory group, was warning the complainant that while the Crown felt it had met the test to prosecute, it was “not a really, really strong case.”

In a meeting with the woman, her mother, lawyer, and police about three weeks before the players were charged, Cunningham also told the complainant that they didn’t have a “strong argument” that she was incapable of consenting, despite the complainant alleging that in her lawsuit.

“It is an argument we can make, we will make, but a judge looking at the totality of the evidence may not accept that argument,” she said.

But Cunningham assured her they had stronger arguments to make on other issues, according to notes from the meeting. She also told the complainant that if she was pursuing this hoping for a conviction, she might want to reconsider.

“If that is why you’re doing this, (it) may not be worth the personal cost to you,” Cunningham said, according to the notes.

“If you’re doing this to get a conviction, (I) don’t know that will happen. But if it will give you a sense of accomplishment, then we will do everything in our power to get the right outcome. A conviction is absolutely possible.”

The complainant said she wanted to see the case through.