Officer pleading not guilty to sexual assault related to alleged incident in 2010
A Toronto courtroom
heard on Tuesday new details about the relationship between a Waterloo Region
Police Service (WRPS) sergeant and the woman alleging he sexually assaulted
her.
Sgt. Caleb Roy is
pleading not guilty to sexual assault related to an incident in October 2010.
He has been suspended with pay, as per the Police Service Act.
Waterloo Regional
Police Sgt. Caleb Roy was charged with sexual assault after a woman
said she accompanied Roy in October 2010 to what she thought would be a
night out in Toronto. But instead she alleged Roy took her to his friend's
condominium where Roy pulled her into the bedroom where he allegedly
raped her. Read all of CBC's trial coverage
here.
The woman, whose
identity is protected by a publication ban, said she accompanied Roy a decade
ago to what she thought would be a night out in Toronto, but instead she
alleged Roy took her to his friend's condominium, where they spent the night
drinking beer. She testified she tried to sleep on the couch, but Roy allegedly
pulled her into the bedroom where he raped her.
Meanwhile Roy's
lawyer, Harry Black, said his client's testimony suggested it was actually the
alleged victim who had initiated sex that night.
Relationship
details
Black questioned
the woman on Tuesday about statements she made in a preliminary hearing.
It's agreed that
following the alleged incident in 2010, both Roy and the woman maintained a
sexual relationship for some time. The woman said she did so because Roy had
indicated he would help her with a job. The woman said the sexual relationship eventually
turned into a platonic friendship and fizzled out completely.
Black questioned
the woman about her alleged conduct following the incident in question.
He said, according
to Roy, the woman would invite Roy to exercise together, challenge him to
race and often wrestle one other. The woman said she doesn't recall.
Black said the
woman invited Roy to her house several times and kept a bottle of rum for
him there. He said the woman gave Roy a key to her house before Christmas the
same year of the incident. The woman confirmed those statements.
"I did many
things at that time that I'm not proud of that. I can't try to explain other
than I had an end game and I think I made that very clear," the woman said
in court on Tuesday.
Black said the
woman introduced Roy to her young daughter and some friends. He said the
woman's daughter spent an evening at Roy's house because the woman
wanted to go out dancing. The woman confirmed those statements.
Submission in
question
It was agreed both
Roy and the woman exchanged gifts.
To that admission,
Black reflected on the woman's previous testimony and said to her, "you
said … deep down inside every time I saw him I could never forget what he could
have done and I would think to myself, he raped me. This sort of gift giving
doesn't sound much like a person who had those feelings, does it?"
That's when Crown
Katherine Beaudoin objected and said, "while I appreciate the submission
[Black] wants to make … that [the woman's] conduct after the fact and the
relationship with this gentleman is not consistent with someone who was ...
sexually assaulted … That's a problematic submission. It's well known that
sexual assault complainants don't act in a predetermined way."
Black argued that
was not his intention and that the woman's actions seem inconsistent with what
she said her feelings were.
Black said there
was a discrepancy between what the woman testified about the timeline of
the relationship versus what she said in an email. Black said the woman had
testified the relationship had ended in 2012, but an email suggested 2011.
CBC News is not
reporting some details and events that could potentially identify the alleged
victim.
Original resource: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/waterloo-caleb-roy-officer-sexual-assault-trial-1.5824219
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