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The Crown’s final witness at Jian Ghomeshi’s trial on sexual assault charges was Trailer Park Boys actor Sarah Dunsworth.

She plays the fictional best friend to Lucy DeCoutere’s character on the TV show, but the pair have become “very close” in real life as well. Dunsworth gave a statement to police that the Crown says corroborates DeCoutere’s allegations that Ghomeshi choked and slapped her while they were kissing in his bedroom in the summer of 2003.

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After her date with Ghomeshi, DeCoutere called Dunsworth and “described an incident in which she had gone to his house, and that he had ended up putting his hands on her neck and choking her,” according to the statement.