Singer Jacob Hoggard Sentenced to 5 Years for Rape, 'a part of Me Died That Day,' Survivor Says

A former singer in Canadian pop rock group Hedley has been sentenced to five years in detention center for sexually assaulting a lady in a lodge room.

On Thursday, advanced court Justice Gillian Roberts gave Jacob Hoggard, 38, handed down the sentence to the musician for the 2016 assault, Toronto big name said.

"I believe (her). I settle for her proof in its entirety," Roberts pointed out, including that Hoggard's moves had been "manipulative and specially degrading."

all over the hours-lengthy ordeal, the choose referred to the girl made it clear she did not want to have intercourse, saying "no, cease you're hurting me."

She testified that he later hit her and pulled her off the hotel room mattress earlier than he used each arms to choke her.

"Her blissful, adventurous spirit changed into extinguished through the sexual violence Mr. Hoggard inflicted on her," Roberts noted of the incident, per the outlet. "anything fleeting moments of gratification Mr. Hoggard derived from his behavior, they have got come at the impressive and utterly unacceptable charge of forever altering (the lady's) existence."

On the first day of Hoggard's listening to for his sentencing prior this month, the survivor shared how his actions have altered her existence, telling the court she became "in no way the identical," in accordance with CBC.

"a part of me died that day that i'll never get returned," she said. "My life as I knew it become stolen from me and shattered past consciousness. The assault took away my price, my privateness, my body, my self belief and my voice."

The woman — who sued Hoggard for $CAD2.eight million — stated she was additionally persecuted for her accusations against the famous person.

"i used to be ridiculed online by way of complete strangers. women I've under no circumstances even met have been making T-shirts and signals in assist of the man that raped me," she observed.

Prosecutors requested for Hoggard to get six to seven years, CBC suggested.

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In might also, Hoggard was convicted of sexual assault causing bodily damage.

within the identical case, Hoggard was found now not guilty of groping a fan, 15, at the end of a concert and sexually assaulting her in a lodge room as soon as she became 16, Toronto superstar introduced.

together with his five-12 months sentence, Hoggard is banned from possessing any weapons for 10 years, and is required to register as a sex wrongdoer for twenty years, per CTV news in Toronto.

Hours after his sentencing, Hoggard became granted bail by using an Ontario court of appeal choose as he waits for the ruling on his enchantment, per CTV.

Hoggard's lawyer didn't automatically reply to people's request for remark.

if you or somebody you know has been sexually assaulted, please contact the countrywide Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) or go to rainn.org.