'A part of me died that day,' says Ottawa woman sexually assaulted by Jacob Hoggard

An Ottawa woman who was sexually assaulted by Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard nearly six years ago says she was "never the same" after that day.

In an emotional address to a Toronto courtroom this morning, the woman said the Nov. 22, 2016, incident robbed her of her confidence, her dreams and aspirations, and kept her from living her 20s like most other people do.

Instead, she said she cried herself to sleep and prayed not to wake up the next day — something she said still happens six years later.

"A part of me died that day that I will never get back," she said during the first day of Hoggard's sentencing hearing.

"My life as I knew it was stolen from me and shattered beyond recognition. The assault took away my worth, my privacy, my body, my confidence and my voice."

The Crown says