Crisis on ice: What you need to know about the Hockey Canada scandal
Over several hours, according to the statement of claim, the group of hockey players placed their genitals on her face, slapped her buttock, spit on her, ejaculated on her and engaged in vaginal intercourse while she was too intoxicated to consent.
The claim says that after the sexual assault ended, the players filmed the young woman, instructed her to say she was sober and told her to shower. Hockey Canada is accused in the statement of claim of failing to address systemic abuse in its organization and condoning a "culture and environment that glorified the degradation and sexual exploitation of young women."CBC News has contacted the woman's lawyer, who said she has not been commenting publicly on the case. Hockey Canada has since announced an action plan to changeThe young woman claimed damages of about $3.5 million in her statement of claim.
One of the firm's partners, Danielle Robitaille, led the investigation and reported that in 2018 she interviewed 10 out of 19 players who attended the event, along with coaches and staff. Nine of the players — along with the complainant — said they won't participate in the law firm's probe until the police investigation is complete.
Robitaille said she concluded she should not interview the rest of the players without speaking to the complainant because she "needed her version of events to push forward in my investigation."
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