Hedley Lead Singer Jacob Hoggard Sentenced To Five Years Prison For Sexual Assault
Jacob Hoggard, the singer who was once the frontman of the Canadian band Hedley, was sentenced to five years in prison for raping an Ottawa woman in an assault that involved “gratuitous degradation.” He had also faced two other charges for assaulting a teenage fan and a charge of sexual interference with her, but was found not guilty on those counts. His accuser said that Hoggard choked her, spit on her and slapped her during the encounter among many awful other demeaning actions while assaulting her multiple times. Hoggard had denied that he choked her but said that he had “passionate” sex wi...