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Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard facing three sex offence charges in Toronto

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Hoggard, who is from Vancouver, has denied ever engaging in non-consensual sexual behaviour, but has said he behaved in a way that objectifies women. (File Photo: Hedley/Facebook)

Toronto police have charged the frontman of the rock band Hedley with three sexual offences involving two women.

Police say 34-year-old Jacob Hoggard was arrested Monday and is scheduled to appear in a Toronto courtroom on Thursday.

He is charged with one count of sexual interference and two counts of sexual assault causing bodily harm.

The Criminal Code says sexual interference involves the touching for a sexual purpose, directly or indirectly, of a person under the age of 16 with a part of the body or with an object.

Police allege the offences happened on three dates in 2016 after a man met with two women on separate occasions.

Hoggard’s lawyer could not immediately be reached for comment.

Hoggard, who is from Vancouver, has denied ever engaging in non-consensual sexual behaviour, but has said he behaved in a way that objectifies women.

In a news release, police said they are concerned there may be other complainants.

The Vancouver-based band played its last show before an “indefinite hiatus” in Kelowna, B.C., on March 24.

The two-time Juno winning band had been dropped by its management team, blacklisted by scores of radio stations and abandoned by musicians booked as tour openers.

Ahead of the Kelowna show, fans were handing out flyers in support of the band.

Online accusations began surfacing earlier this year suggesting inappropriate encounters with young fans.

A 24-year-old Ottawa fan of the band alleged to the CBC in February that she was sexually assaulted after chatting with Hoggard on the dating app Tinder and agreeing to meet him at a hotel in Toronto.

The CBC published another report weeks later of a Toronto woman who alleged Hoggard tried to force her to do things without her consent during a sexual encounter in 2016.

Hoggard also faced allegations including groping and making inappropriate sexual remarks to a Calgary radio host seven years ago.

In announcing he would be putting his career on hold in February, Hoggard said he would make real changes in his life, seek guidance from his family and learn from the “amazing women in my life.”

“The way I’ve treated women was reckless and dismissive of their feelings. I understand the significant harm that is caused not only to the women I interacted with, but to all women who are degraded by this type of behaviour,” he wrote in a statement posted to his Twitter account Feb. 28.

“I have been careless and indifferent and I have no excuse. For this I am truly sorry.”

Hedley withdrew itself from consideration for the Juno Awards earlier this year in Vancouver and backed out of performing on the telecast.

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