Alleged Hockey Canada sex assault: investigation is complete and sanctions to come!

Warning: The following story deals with sexual assault, and may be triggering for some readers.

Hockey Canada has confirmed that the investigation that was launched that allegations of group sexual assault in 2018 involving World Junior players in London, Ontario is now complete.

The board is “still being briefed,” explained Hockey Canada’s board of directors, retired judge Hugh Fraser in a statement, adding he is not revealing what the investigation found.

Reports have indicated that police in London, Ontario have “reasonable grounds” to believe that five members of the 2018 Canada World Juniors hockey team sexually assaulted a woman in a hotel room after a Hockey Canada fundraising gala.
Now, an adjunction panel with determine if any sanctions need to be imposed on the players allegedly involved, though their names were redacted from the documents and their identities have not been made public.

Back in May, news broke that Hockey Canada quietly settled a lawsuit filed by a woman who alleges she was sexually assaulted by eight unnamed players, including several members of the country’s 2018 world junior team, following a gala in London, Ontario. Many players then made statements that they weren’t involved. St. Louis Blues forwards Robert Thomas and Jordan Kyrou released separate statements on social media, claiming they had no involvement in the alleged incident.

The agency representing Carter Hart, Jake Bean, Kale Clague, Colton Point, and Taylor Raddysh released a statement denying any involvement in the incident on behalf of the players. Four other players from that Canadian championship team — Cale Makar, Victor Mete, Conor Timmins, Sam Steel and Jonah Gadjovich — have also publicly stated they weren’t involved. Boris Katchouk, Drake Batherson and Michael McLeod have stated that they have fully cooperated with the investigation.

For weeks, free agent Alex Formenton, whose rights remain with the Ottawa Senators, was the lone player that has not made any comments. When he signed earlier this month with with Switzerland’s Ambrì-Piotta Hockey Club, the team made a point of clarifying his potential involvement in the situation, stating that Formenton fully collaborated with the investigation and that HC Ambrì Piotta considers that there is no reason not to assert the presumption of innocence against him.

We are getting closer to potentially finding out who was involved in the crime, but most importantly what the sanctions will be for those players.

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