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Under cross examination by Crown prosecutor Stephanie Brown, Marchand maintained she still believes the incidents occurred.

“Deep down I feel these things are real and they still feel real to me,” said Marchand.

And while she accepted that an agreed statement of facts in the case states that none of the events reported by her to police ever took place, she says she has no memory of doing all of the things herself or can’t recall.

“There was a man in my home who did it,” she said. “In my head, there was another person there. He cut me up. He tied me up.”

Marchand has pleaded not guilty to five counts of public mischief.

According to the agreed facts, Marchand reported five offences during a three and a half month period in 2014.

In the first one, she said a man tried to sexually assault her, but she fought him off. In the second, she claimed she was tied to the oven, raped and cut with a knife. In the third one, she alleged the man left her a note with a heart sticker on it and in the fourth one, she said she shot the man while he was attempting to sexually assault her.

The fifth incident happened at Pigeon Lake and involved the same man tying her up to a truck and running off after calling her names.

Court heard the RCMP were skeptical about the alleged crime at Pigeon Lake and called Edmonton police. A public mischief investigation then began and resulted in her being charged.

Court also heard at least 45 police units and 119 police officers were involved in the investigations into the false reports, as well as at least 23 outside agencies and 36 non-police officers. The total cost of the investigations was estimated to be $188,000.

The trial continues Thursday.