The man accused of sexually assaulting a young Barrie woman who later killed herself has testified he doesn't remember many events of that night.
Shawn Roy, 39, of Quebec took the stand in his own defence to answer to a charge of sexually assaulting 20-year-old Kassidi Coyle on July 1, 2016 when she was sleeping over at a friend's house.
"I drove for ten hours. I drank for ten hours. I had one hour of sleep," he told court.
Roy testified he lives in Quebec with his wife and 3-year-old daughter but was invited back to Barrie by old friend Jeff Travis for a weekend of boating with a night out first.
He said he brought 12 cases of 48 beer because it's cheaper in Quebec and he was giving it away to friends.
He told court he 'kind of let loose' and 'got blackouts' of the evening that included stops at Jack Astor's and Kenzington Burger bar where Roy was drinking beer and then shooters.
"I was hammered," he testified, adding that at one point he 'tossed a shooter up' at Kenzington and the bouncer asked him and his group to leave.
Roy and Travis were picked up by the daughter of friend Stephen Walker and driven home to Travis's house in Barrie's south end.
The accused testified there was more drinking before he decided to go to bed.
Kassidi's mother left the courtroom as Roy was about to testify about the events surrounding the allegation.
Roy testified he doesn't remember walking up the stairs or getting into a bed.
"All I know is someone was beside me. I felt a shove. A dark shadow got up. I realized I was in the wrong room," he said.
Court heard the accused sleeps in his boxers, wakes up with an erection 2 to 3 times a week and 'more than once' his erect penis has come out of his boxers.
Under cross examination, Crown Attorney Lynn Shirreffs accused Roy of saying that to suggest the incident 'must have been entirely accidental.'
"If it came out, it was an accident. If it came into contact then it must have been an accident," said Shirreffs.
Roy responded: "Yes."
In the morning, Roy testified he was awakened by Walker and was led to understand he was being accused of going 'into the wrong room and tried something sexual with somebody."
He said he didn't know which girl he was accused of assaulting.
Walker asked him to apologize and Roy said sorry to all the girls who were in a room downstairs
"I apologized for going into the wrong room. I didn't know who I was apologizing to."
His lawyer asked Roy, "Is there anything more you need to tell the court?"
Roy replied: "Those are the things I remember."
Twice during the early part of his testimony Roy broke down in tears and had to stop when he spoke about his career and his family.
"Sensitive guy," he said, wiping his face with a hankie.
In a rare move, the judge ruled that the trial would proceed without the complainant being present to testify or undergo cross examination.
Instead, the judge ruled that Kassidi's statements to friends, a 911 call and her video statement to police would be accepted as evidence.
The young woman alleged she was awakened around 5 a.m. after realizing someone was in bed with her and then felt that person trying to penetrate her, according to the judge's ruling.
"So I shot up outta bed. I realized I didn't have any shorts on. I didn't have any underwear on," she is quoted as saying.
Coyle put her shorts on and went to tell the others what had happened, then later called her mother and police.
She was interviewed on camera and taken to do a rape kit, which found male DNA on her genitalia that was more likely to belong to Roy than to a randomly selected person from the same population, the document says.
The court cleared up some confusion over whether Kassidi's name could be made public.
Her mother successfully had a publication ban lifted in January but the trial judge and Crown were unaware until the issue arose last week.
The trial judge formally lifted the ban again at her mother's request so Coyle's name can be published.
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