Lawyers for Canadian NHL Hockey Players Carter Hart (Philadelphia goalkeeper) Dillon Dube (Calgary forward), Michael McLeod (New Jersey forward) Cal Foote (New Jersey defender) confirmed the sexual assault accusations, Sportsnet reports.
Earlier, media reported that five Canadian hockey players who participated in the 2018 World Junior Championship were ordered to surrender to the police in London (Ontario, Canada). It was clarified that they would be accused of sexual assault.
Former Ottawa forward Alex Formenton surrendered to police in London on Sunday. Lawyers for the other four hockey players have admitted the players have been accused of sexual assault, but insist their clients are innocent.
Hockey Canada has been under public scrutiny since May 2022 after settling a $3.5 million lawsuit against a woman who alleged eight hockey players, including members of Canada’s 2018 Junior National Team, sexually assaulted her in a hotel while she was in a state of strong alcoholism. poisoning. Earlier it became known that the police were also investigating a case of suspected group sexual harassment by the Canadian junior team in 2003.
Source : MatchTV
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