The following are the live blogsof the Brent Hawkes trial posted on CTV New website on Thursday 17 December 2016 by Blair Rhodes. The trial is being conducted in Kentville, Nova Scotia. (There is no court Friday. Hearings resume Monday 21 November 2016)
Complainant Testimony at Sex abuse trial of Brent Hawkes
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@CBCBlairRhodesHe’s charged with indecent assault and gross indecency, as the charges were known at the time of the alleged offences in the 1970s. #nscourt
8:53 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesMan who complained about Hawkes is back on the stand, facing cross-examination from Hawkes’ lawyer, Clayton Ruby. #nscourt
8:54 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesMan is middle-aged now, was teen at the time of alleged offences. He’s being questioned about sexual assault counselling he got. #nscourt
8:55 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesMan, whose identity is protected by a publication ban,says 1975-78 was not a good time, he withdrew into himself. #nscourt
8:57 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesMan says if counselling “It’s not trying to remember it’s trying to achieve some peace and emotional equilibrium #nscourt
8:59 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesMan says counselling made it “easier to pull the pieces out”, to remember things he had forgotten. #nscourt
9:00 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesMan:”I don’t believe I’ll ever fully heal from the events…” his voice trails off. #nscourt
9:02 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesMan:”It’s a healing process. It is a journey. It’s always going to be there.” #nscourt
9:03 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesRuby questions man on statement he made to police in 2014. Ruby:”These memories are accurate?”Man: “Yes”. #nscourt
9:05 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesMan testified that Hawkes was one of his teachers. Ruby produces education document that shows Hawkes wasn’t at the school then. #nscourt
9:09 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesMan insists Hawkes was his teacher. Ruby:”That’s what you remember?”Man:”Yes.”
Ruby:”That’s my point.” #nscourt9:10 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesRuby says Hawkes was studying at Mount Allison at the time, not in the valley #nscourt
9:11 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesRuby says a car accident man was involved in put the man “over the edge.” #nscourt
9:12 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesSeveral people injured in this car accident from the 1970s. #nscourt
9:13 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesRuby asks if man became depressed after the accident. He agrees. #nscourt
9:14 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesRuby asks complainant to step out of the courtroom to make legal arguments. He exits. #nscourt
9:16 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesArguments finished, complainant going back on witness stand. #nscourt
9:27 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesRuby now questioning man about car accident he was involved in that resulted in a lawsuit. Accident around same time as Hawkes case #nscourt
9:29 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesJudge in car accident case didn’t accept evidence man gave at the time. #nscourt
9:31 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesMan overcome by emotion reading along with Ruby on old court case. He says it takes him back to the crash. #nscourt
9:32 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesCourt takes break to allow man to compose himself. #nscourt
9:38 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesCourt resumes. Ruby tells man he had no “real” memory in crash case and suggests he did same with Hawkes. Judge Tufts intervenes. #nscourt
9:53 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesRuby retools his question, says man reconstructed memories of crash and is doing same here. #nscourt
9:54 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesMan rejects Ruby’s argument about his memory. #nscourt
9:54 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesMan admits time around accident was difficult time, Ruby suggests he was looking for someone to blame and chose Hawkes. #nscourt
9:56 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesMan says Hawkes matter is separate and distinct from the crash. #nscourt
9:57 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesMan denies Ruby’s assertion that he knew Hawkes was gay in the 70s. #nscourt
9:58 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesRuby asks if he went alone to Hawkes’ trainer. Man says “I do not recall that.” #nscourt
9:58 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesMan:”If something remarkable happened, I would have remembered it. If nothing did, I wouldn’t.” #nscourt
9:59 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesRuby reads man’s statement to police in which he said he went to trailer. #nscourt
10:00 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesMan says he was at Hawkes’ trailer on at least one other occasion, aside from the time of the alleged assault. #nscourt
10:01 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesMan denies knowing Hawkes was leaving school to take position with church in Toronto. #nscourt
10:01 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesMan says he knew Hawkes was gay. #nscourt
10:02 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesRuby suggests man went to Hawkes because he felt he himself was gay and went to Hawkes for advice. #nscourt
10:03 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesMan says he doesn’t recall that. #nscourt
10:03 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesRuby asks man whether he remembers Hawkes offering advice on where he could get sexual orientation counselling. Man says no. #nscourt
10:05 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesRuby now questioning man about allegations made about sexual assault involving a basketball coach. Man says he remembers the case. #nscourt
10:08 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesRuby suggests man’s memories of case involving coach influenced his own memories. Man disagrees. #nscourt
10:09 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesMan says he believes allegations against b-ball coach should actually have been made against Hawkes, that police had wrong man. #nscourt
10:13 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesMan says while he told police they had the wrong man he never told police he suspected Hawkes. #nscourt
10:15 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesMan says police never asked him who he suspected. He says he wasn’t ready to come forward with allegations against Hawkes then. #nscourt
10:16 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesAllegations were made against coach in the 90s. #nscourt
10:17 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesRuby says Hawkes couldn’t have done the assaults blamed on the coach because he wasn’t in area. Man agrees. #nscourt
10:20 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesCourtroom is packed but very quiet. Only sounds are voices of Roby and complainant. #nscourt
10:24 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesMan says he would not have been the one to suggest he and others go to Hawkes’ trailer. But he admits to Ruby it’s a reconstructed memory.
10:26 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesMan says he remembers going to Hawkes trailer but he can’t remember exactly what led to him going. #nscourt
10:30 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesMan say he doesn’t remember his friends urging him to go Hawkes’ trailer but that must have been what happened #nscourt
10:31 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesRuby says both friends from that night deny urging the man to go to Hawkes’ trailer. #nscourt
10:32 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesLong pauses in man’s testimony as he collects his thoughts. #nscourt
10:32 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesRuby says man’s statement to police was inconsistent with what he’s saying now in court. Man agrees. #nscourt
10:34 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesRuby questions why he said things under oath to police if they weren’t actual memories. #nscourt
10:35 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesMan had told police his friends had cajoled him to go to Hawkes’ trailer to drink beer and play video games. #nscourt
10:36 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesOn stand now, man admits his statement to police was reconstructed memories. #nscourt
10:37 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesRuby says two friends were emphatic they didn’t cajole man to go to Hawkes’ trailer. #nscourt
10:38 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesRuby offers to break. Judge declines. Ruby: “You’re a harder worker than other judges.” #nscourt
10:39 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesRuby quotes man’s statement to police that Hawkes used his friends to get to him. Man:”That’s what I believed.” #nscourt
10:40 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesMan says he still believes that even though friends have denied it. #nscourt
10:40 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesRuby asks man if he actually remembers Hawkes suggesting they play a strip game. Man:”No”. He says it must be reconstructed. #nscourt
10:42 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesMan told police he only remembered himself and two other teens at Hawkes’ trailer that night. Others have said there were more. #nscourt
10:44 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesRuby now standing beside complainant on the witness stand as he reads document. #nscourt
10:47 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesDocument is police statement in which man said Hawkes got him drunk and assaulted him. Man revised it to say “something” happened. #nscourt
10:48 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesMan says his statement was remembering how he told his parents and he was struggling to put it into words for them. #nscourt
10:49 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesRuby confirms with man that he was very drunk that night. #nscourt
10:50 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesRuby asks man how much vodka with pink lemonade he drank. He doesn’t remember how many drinks he had. #nscourt
10:51 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesMan says he doesn’t remember going to a bar near Hawkes’ trailer. #nscourt
10:52 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesMan says he might have brought a bottle of “golden glow” a strong cider that was a local favourite. Exchange brings chuckles. #nscourt
10:53 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesMan agrees with Ruby that he didn’t see Hawkes have physical contact with one of his friends that night. #nscourt
10:54 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesRuby quotes from man’s statement to police in which he said he saw his friends naked on Hawkes’ couch, masterbating. #nscourt
10:56 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesMan tells Ruby:”That’s the image that I have in my head.” #nscourt
10:57 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesMan says he saw his friends as he was being led down the hallway of the trailer:” The 3 of us were naked by that point.” #nscourt
10:58 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesIt may be a bit late, but this is a sexual assault trial and some testimony may be upsetting to some readers. #nscourt
10:59 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesRuby now having man mark where people were in a floor plan of a trailer like Hawkes’ #nscourt
10:59 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesRuby asks man if there was a time when Hawkes was standing over him, as he said in one account. Man says yes. #nscourt
11:06 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesMan describes his memories like looking out a window on a foggy day when you can see the church steeples with nothing in between. #nscourt
11:07 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesMan says some memories are like very vivid snapshots but some images are very brief, only a few seconds. #nscourt
11:08 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesMan agrees with Ruby that some of his memories of where Hawkes was don’t match up. “It was very much a blur.” #nscourt
11:10 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesRuby:”This again is another surreal fragmented memory?”Man:”Yes.” #nscourt
11:11 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesMan says as Hawkes was leading him down the hall of the trailer he was so drunk he couldn’t stand up straight without assistance. #nscourt
11:12 AM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesCourt resumes with complainant back in the stand and Ruby asking questions. #nscourt
12:38 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesMan says being up there (on stand) being cross-examination is “nerve wracking.” #nscourt
12:39 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesMan says he has a “picture inside his head” of his 2 friends sitting on Hawkes’ couch. He says they give him thumbs up. #nscourt
12:40 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesMan admits to Ruby that he is much taller and bigger than Hawkes, although the man says Hawkes seemed bigger in his memory. #nscourt
12:44 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesMan estimated Hawkes was 6′ or 6’1″ when he’s actually 5’7″. Man:”His presence has grown bigger in my mind” #nscourt
12:47 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesRuby:”You effectively reconstructed him in your memory as 5 or 6″ taller and 50lbs heavier.” Man agrees. #nscourt
12:48 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesMan said a question he’s been asking himself for 40 years “Why didn’t I do something?” #nscourt
12:50 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesRuby says if Hawkes was bigger and taller, it makes story of what happened more believable. Man agrees. #nscourt
12:51 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesMan:”I wouldn’t be here if nothing happened. I wouldn’t subject myself to this onerous process if nothing happened.” #nscourt
12:52 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesMan is sighing and breathing heavily as he struggles to answer Ruby’s questions. #nscourt
12:52 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesRuby:”When this was going on, did you feel frozen?”Man”Paralyzed but aware of my body moving.” #nscourt
12:53 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesRuby asks man if he’s in his body when he sees this event. Man: “In”. #nscourt
12:54 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesMan: “Oh gracious. I can only assume you’ve never been sexually assaulted. It’s not the same as just coming up with an answer.” #nscourt
12:55 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesMan says Hawkes ejaculated on his shoulder and it felt like it burned. #nscourt
12:57 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesAgain a warning: some of the testimony may be upsetting to some readers. #nscourt
12:59 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesMan to Ruby “This was not a dream.” #nscourt
12:59 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesRuby asks man whether he blacked out from the alcohol he drank. He says he doesn’t recall events Ruby is describing. #nscourt
1:02 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesWhen Ruby suggests no activity of a sexual nature took place man says “I will categorically deny that.” #nscourt
1:03 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesMan admits it was a tough couple of years and he doesn’t have many pleasant memories from that period. #nscourt
1:04 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesRuby finishes questioning complainant. #nscourt
1:05 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesCrown asks man a couple of questions about his parents, then he’s free to go. He sighs heavily as he leaves the stand. #nscourt
1:06 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesCrown finishes its case. Ruby asks for 5 minutes before beginning his defence. #nscourt
1:07 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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Brent Hawkes Testimony
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@CBCBlairRhodesCourt resumes. Ruby about to launch the defence for Brent Hawkes. #nscourt
1:30 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesRuby says he will be calling Hawkes to the stand now and an expert witness next day, which will be Monday. #nscourt
1:32 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesClosing arguments set for next Wednesday. #nscourt
1:33 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesBrent Hawkes now taking the stand in his own defence. #nscourt
1:34 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesRuby asking Hawkes to review doctors’ reports about his own health #nscourt
1:35 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesRuby says Hawkes has had significant health problems and he wants permission from the courts to pause testimony if necessary. #nscourt
1:37 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesHawkes says he wanted to be a teacher since he was a kid. He got anBSc and a BEd from Mount Allison. He started teaching in NS. #nscourt
1:38 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesRuby shows Hawkes his first teaching certificate from 1973. #nscourt
1:39 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesHawkes says he was not in Annapolis Valley in early 70s at time of alleged offences. #nscourt
1:41 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesHawkes says he was also a basketball coach at the school. #nscourt
1:41 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesHawkes says he was the faculty advisor for the students council. #nscourt
1:42 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesHawkes says he wanted to make education interesting and fun, which could be a challenge in math. #nscourt
1:42 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesHawkes says he was not openly gay when he started teaching because he would have been fired. He says there was no job protection. #nscourt
1:44 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesHawkes says overall attitude towards homosexuality at that time was bad. People would not come out. #nscourt
1:44 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesHawkes says his parents were always hoping he’d find a girl, settle down and get married. “It wasn’t going to happen.” #nscourt
1:45 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesHawkes says he also learned about the negative attitudes towards homosexuality in his fundamentalist Baptist church. #nscourt
1:47 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesHawkes says he went to great lengths to conceal the fact he was gay because he feared getting fired. #nscourt
1:48 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesHawkes says he decided he wasn’t going to continue teaching after three years and instead would move to Toronto. #nscourt
1:49 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesHawkes then wrote a letter to come out to his parents and says his father called him to say the news was very upsetting. #nscourt
1:50 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesHawkes says his dad was “so awful” about the news. #nscourt
1:50 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesHawkes says he grew a moustache on the advice of female teachers to help him get a girlfriend. It didn’t work. #nscourt
1:51 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesHawkes says he was very careful not to let anyone know his sexual orientation while he was teaching in Nova Scotia. #nscourt
1:52 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesHawkes says he lived in a trailer for 18 months while he taught. #nscourt
1:53 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesHawkes says students occasionally came to his trailer. He says there was alcohol for other teachers but he never served alcohol to students.
1:56 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesHawkes says he coached basketball at the school. #nscourt
1:57 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesHawkes says he was 5’7″ in the 70s. #nscourt
1:58 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesHawkes says after he turned in his resignation as a teacher he started telling some close friends why. #nscourt
1:59 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesHawkes says once he handed in his resignation, people started dropping by his trailer to say goodbye. #nscourt
2:00 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesHawkes says it was common for teachers to have parties for students in their homes such as team events. #nscourt
2:00 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesRuby asks Hawkes whether he remembers a day when complainant and his two friends came to his trailer. #nscourt
2:01 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesHawkes says he can’t remember whether other people came to his trailer that night as well. #nscourt
2:02 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesHawkes says it was unusual for the three students to show up to his place but people were coming to say goodbye. #nscourt
2:03 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesHawkes says teens showed up with very large jug of moonshine cider. He says they offered him a drink. “It was God awful.” #nscourt
2:04 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesHawkes was concerned about students drinking alcohol. He says drinking and driving was very common back then. #nscourt
2:05 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesHawkes denies ever suggesting teens play strip game, nor did he see anyone play such a game. #nscourt
2:06 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesHawkes says he doesn’t remember walking complainant done the hall. #nscourt
2:06 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesHawkes says it was just an ordinary evening “nothing stands out.” #nscourt
2:07 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesHawkes says there was no sexual activity in his trailer that night. #nscourt
2:07 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesHawkes says after he resigned, someone had leaked the information he was gay and students started coming to him for advice. #nscourt
2:09 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesHawkes says he became involved with Metropolitan Church in Toronto which welcomes gays. #nscourt
2:11 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesHawkes says before he left NS complainant came to him and asked for advice, saying he thought he might be gay. #nscourt
2:12 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesHawkes says his response was unkind “What the hell are you doing?” Hawkes says he told complainant he would be ok. #nscourt
2:13 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesRuby finishes questioning, now crown’s turn. #nscourt
2:13 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesHawkes says he doesn’t remember taking complainant to PEI to see football game. #nscourt
2:16 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesCrown now testing Hawkes’ memory of names of students from that period. He vaguely remembers them. #nscourt
2:19 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesHawkes says he found it unusual that these 3 students stopped by with a jug of moonshine cider and he remembers it because he choked on it.
2:25 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesCourt about to resume after brief break while Crown checked his notes. Brent Hawkes is still on the stand. #nscourt
2:37 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesCrown shows Hawkes his resignation letter which was dated in November. Hawkes had said he thought he resigned in the spring. #nscourt
2:47 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesHawkes:”It’s not true. It did not happen.” When crown asks about allegations against him. #nscourt
2:48 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesHawkes says when complainant came to talk about sexual orientation, he told him about Provincetown, a gay-friendly resort area. #nscourt
2:50 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesHawkes describes as a powerful experience his coming out conversation with his father in which he felt God was holding his hand. #nscourt
2:51 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesHawkes says other teachers came by his trailer to say goodbye and there were university friends and some students coming as well. #nscourt
2:53 PM – 17 Nov 2016
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@CBCBlairRhodesCrown finishes questioning Hawkes. Case wraps for day. #nscourt