Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard is abandoning his bid to attraction his 2022 sexual assault conviction earlier than Canada’s prime courtroom.
The Supreme Court docket of Canada web site exhibits the previous Hedley frontman discontinued his utility for depart to attraction final Friday.
That’s the identical day Hoggard, 40, was discovered not responsible of sexual assault in a separate, unrelated case in northeastern Ontario.
Within the 2022 case, a Toronto jury discovered Hoggard responsible of sexual assault inflicting bodily hurt in opposition to an Ottawa lady, however not responsible of the identical cost and of sexual interference in relation to a teenage fan.
Hoggard began serving his five-year sentence after the Court docket of Enchantment for Ontario upheld his conviction in August.
The singer turned to the Supreme Court docket in early September, and the Enchantment Court docket rejected his request for bail pending the end result of his utility to the Supreme Court docket.
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