Five Canadian hockey players accused of sexual assault in a 2018 London hotel incident were acquitted after a judge determined the complainant’s testimony was not credible.
Five members of the 2018 Team Canada World Juniors ice hockey team have been acquitted in a sexual assault case after a judge in Ontario said prosecutors could not meet the onus of proof.
Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dubé and Callan Foote all pleaded not guilty to sexual assault in an encounter that took place in a London, Ontario, hotel room in the early hours of June 19, 2018.
The players, now between the ages of 25 and 27, were in London at the time for a gala and golf tournament marking their World Juniors championship earlier that year.
