Five professional hockey players charged with sexual assault

 Feb. 4, 2024

One former and four current NHL players have been charged with sexual assault in connection to an alleged incident on June 19, 2018 in London, Ontario. 

Carter Hart of the Philadelphia Flyers, Michael McLeod and Cal Foote of the New Jersey Devils, Dillon Dube of the Calgary Flames and former NHL player Alex Formenton were teammates on Canada's 2018 world junior team when the assault happened, according to AP News.

The players reportedly left The Hockey Canada gala, an annual two-day fundraising event, after the event wrapped up around 10 p.m. on June 18 and went to a local bar called Joe Kool's, per ESPN. A group of several players then went to Jack's, a popular bar among the many college students in the area.

One of the players met a young woman at Jack's and the two would return to his hotel room at the Delta London Armouries Hotel where the two "engaged in sex acts," per ESPN. The player, referred to as John Doe 1, later invited other teammates to the room without the woman's consent.

The men then forced the woman to perform other sexual acts and when she attempted to leave the room she was manipulated and intimidated to stay, according to ESPN. When the players finally allowed her to leave, she was forced to record videos where she stated that everything that happened was consensual.

All five of the men involved have surrendered to police, according to AP News. Lawyers for the five men have confirmed the charges and denied wrongdoing.

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