On Tuesday, Carter Hart of the Philadelphia Flyers, Dillon Dube of the Calgary Flames, and Michael McLeod and Cal Foote of the New Jersey Devils were each charged with sexual assault.
The three athletes were three of five members of Canada’s 2018 world junior team who sexually assaulted a woman at a hotel after winning the gold medal.
The lawsuit was quietly resolved in 2022, with a woman identified only as “EM” meeting several players at a bar and then having consensual sex in a hotel room, The Paper reported. It is claimed that. Globe and mail.
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Seven other members of the team then entered the room and despite her protests, she “subjected to further sexual assault,” the complaint continued.
Attorneys for all four players said via NJ.com that their respective clients are innocent as they have all been granted administrative leave.
“He is innocent and intends to fully answer for this wrongful charge in the appropriate forum,” Hart’s attorney said in a statement.
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TSN reported A settlement was reached in May 2022, and after a previous investigation in February 2019 resulted in no charges, London police announced they were restarting the investigation the following month.
former NHL players Alex Formenton was charged after turning himself in to Canadian authorities earlier this week.
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London police have scheduled a press conference for February 5 to address the situation and declined to comment further on the incident. A spokesperson told the AP that police “will provide all updates at a press conference.”
Fox News’ Ryan Gaydos, Paulina Dedaj and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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