MANDEL: Psychiatrist says Hoggard may be a sex addict, but not a sexual deviant

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Jacob Hoggard told a psychiatrist he likes “light slapping”, dirty talk and is aroused when he wraps his hands around a partner’s neck with a “light squeeze”.

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But the assessment of Dr. Hy Bloom concluded that the convicted rapist is not a sexual dissident who has moved away from forcing women to have sex. Instead, he’s likely a sex addict whose life as a legitimate pop star gave him easy access to willing partners who would throw themselves at his feet — so much so that the former Hedley frontman estimated he’s had 200 sexual partners in his 38 years, including roughly 200 two. Third of them are fans.

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Now that “his life as a celebrity is very likely over,” Bloom said, Hoggard’s risk of reoffending is low.

A jury in June convicted Hoggard of sexual assault and assault in his violent assault on an Ottawa college student he met on Tinder and dated at a Toronto hotel in 2016. She testified that the charming man she d flirted online and turned into a monster, forcing anal and vaginal intercourse, hit her, spat on her and choked her to the point she thought he would kill her .

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Hoggard has been acquitted of two charges relating to a teenage fan.

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On the final day of his sentencing hearing, QC Jill Witkin and Kelly Slate urged Judge Gillian Roberts to give Bloom’s report little weight – since most of it is based on what Hoggard told him – and to impose a six to seven-year sentence.

Remarkably, Slate said while Bloom spoke to Hoggard’s family and wife, he didn’t speak to either of his co-workers, his two previous intimate partners, or any of his many occasional affairs during his high-flying Hedley days.

And like Hoggard, those closest to him blamed the fans who followed him, not him.

“Because he doesn’t acknowledge responsibility or the damage he caused, the Crown believes he still poses a risk,” Slate said.

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Defense attorney Megan Savard argued that a reasonable sentence ranges from three to four years for a married, low-risk father who has lost his lucrative career facing the victim’s $2.8 million lawsuit and suffered public humiliation.

According to the psychiatrist’s report, phallometric tests show that Hoggard is not aroused by forced sex, and another test placed him in the range of “normal, non-psychopathic, everyday individuals.”

Hoggard described himself to Bloom as a geeky class clown who was expelled in 12th grade. Rising to fame at age 19 with Canadian Idol, Hedley, the sexually adventurous womanizer with a “robust sex drive,” said women always pursued him. they even throw their bras and keys at his concerts.

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“I felt like I got what I wanted and they got what they wanted,” Bloom quoted as saying of his transactional sexual exploits with his fans.

Hoggard was troubled by his inability to remain faithful to a long-term partner, the psychiatrist wrote, and he was in the process of being treated with a sex counselor before being charged.

But while he was promiscuous, Hoggard told Bloom he never engaged in non-consensual sex, and the victim lied about being raped because she “felt rejected when her fantasies of being together didn’t come to fruition.” came”.

As the concerned judge noted, not only does Hoggard show no remorse in Bloom’s report, but he actually “doubles down” on his position.

“To me, parts of it felt like he blamed[the victim]and he’s reacting quite aggressively to their evidence,” Roberts said.

Whatever he believes, his attorney assured her, Hoggard is motivated not to find himself in that position again.

After spending a day analyzing his character and risk while watching the proceedings from his Vancouver home, it was finally Hoggard’s chance to address the court before the judge retired to consider how long he would spend behind bars.

“Thank you, Your Honor, I’ll pass that along,” he said.

Roberts is scheduled to announce her verdict on October 20.

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