Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard drops sexual assault appeal, upholding 5-year sentence.

Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard, former frontman of Hedley, has dropped his appeal of his 2022 sexual assault conviction to Canada's Supreme Court. A Toronto jury found him guilty of sexual assault causing bodily harm against an Ottawa woman, leading to a five-year sentence upheld by the Court of Appeal. Hoggard was also acquitted in a separate sexual assault case on the same day he abandoned his appeal.

October 10, 2024
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