LONDON — A hockey player "set up" a woman by inviting his teammates to his London, Ont., hotel room with an offer of group sexual activity without her knowledge or consent, prosecutors argued Wednesday as they began making their final pitch to the judge presiding over five players' sexual assault trial.

Some of the men who came to Michael McLeod's room in the early hours of June 19, 2018, after he sent a text to a team group chat offering a "three-way quick," were hoping and expecting the woman would engage in sexual acts with them before even laying eyes on her or knowing her name, Crown lawyer Meaghan Cunningham argued.

"This is the context in which everything else takes place that night," Cunningham argued.

"This is the critical lens through which you have to view the rest of the evi

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