Twelve jurors spent Tuesday in a silent courtroom sombrely watching several hours of security footage from inside a College St. bar where the Crown alleges two men repeatedly sexually assaulted and drugged an extremely intoxicated woman over an eight-hour period in 2016.

Gavin MacMillan, 44, and Enzo DeJesus Carrasco, 34, have pleaded not guilty to charges of gang sexual assault, drugging to overpower and forcible confinement. MacMillan was the owner of the College Street Bar in Little Italy and DeJesus Carrasco was the manager at the time of the alleged sexual assaults on Dec. 14 and 15, 2016, according to an agreed statement of facts.

The trial will focus on whether the complainant, then 24, consented or was capable of consenting to the sexual acts seen in the videos and at DeJesus Carrasco’s apartment the next morning.

Her identity is covered by a publication ban that is mandatory upon request for complainants in sexual assault cases.

The portions of the video depicting the alleged sexual assaults were not played on the publicly visible monitor in the courtroom — only the jury, judge, lawyers and the accused were permitted to view them. The videos do not have sound.

The jurors showed little reaction as they viewed the videos, described by the Crown as “difficult to watch” in parts.

In the Crown’s opening overview of the evidence the jury is expected to hear, prosecutor Rick Nathanson said footage from eight surveillance cameras in the bar between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. on Dec. 14 and 15, 2016 shows the complainant being repeatedly sexually assaulted by both men over “lengthy periods of time” while she was visibly intoxicated and appearing to go in and out of consciousness.

Nathanson said the videos will also show the complainant being served drinks by the two men, including three in the span of 12 minutes, and being given cocaine. Nathanson said that at one point, around 11 p.m., the complainant appeared to pass out in a chair for 10 minutes and was dragged by DeJesus Carrasco to the bar where he held her face over what appeared to be cocaine. The Crown alleges the two men gave the complainant cocaine twice more shortly after that.

The surveillance video that was shown to the public gallery included camera angles showing the main bar area, behind the bar and the bottom of the stairs leading to the women’s bathroom.

For just over an hour, the complainant was in the women’s bathroom inside which there is no security camera. Both men can be seen entering the bathroom at different times. MacMillan appeared to enter the bathroom twice carrying a small tray. The Crown asked the jury to pay particular attention to observing what was on the tray before and after MacMillan entered the bathroom with it.

The trial continues.

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