Warning: Graphic and disturbing details follow.Eight surveillance cameras in a College St. bar captured two men repeatedly sexually assaulting an extremely intoxicated woman between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m., a Crown prosecutor told a jury Monday morning.In an overview of the evidence the jury is expected to hear during the trial, prosecutor Rick Nathanson said the videos will show the woman going in and out of consciousness, unable to stand on her own, and being physically overpowered by the two men during repeated rough and forceful sexual acts over long periods of time that she did not consent to. The videos will also show the woman was served alcohol at the bar, including the two men giving her three drinks within 12 minutes, and given cocaine, Nathanson said. The surveillance videos will be “difficult to watch” but are necessary to show the jury so they can assess the woman’s level of intoxication and decide “whether (she) consented, and had the mental capacity to consent, to all of the sexual acts that took place,” Nathanson said. The videos do not have audio. 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 Carrassco 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 central issues in the case are consent and capacity to consent.The complainant’s identity is covered by a publication ban. She has little memory of much of what happened that night, Nathanson said, but has said she did not consent to any sexual activity with either man.The allegations described by Nathanson in his opening address have not been proven in court. The videos have not yet been played to the jury. The following descriptions of what will be seen in the videos are Nathanson’s.Nathanson s ...
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