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A lawyer hired by Hockey Canada to investigate claims of alleged sexual assault involving players on Canada’s 2018 World Juniors hockey team testified Tuesday that she is overseeing a rekindled investigation and is in the process of scheduling interviews with players.
Robitaille also said she wasn’t prepared to interview the remaining players without a statement from the victim. "We now have the benefit of the complainant's detailed version of events,” Robitaille testified. “…I am in contact with counsel for the players and I expect to be scheduling interviews imminently.”
Robitaille’s testimony opened two days of summer hearings by the House of Commons committee, which is scrutinizing Hockey Canada’s response to the 2018 sexual assault allegation. The hearings come a month after Hockey Canada officials Scott Smith and Tom Renney first testified before the committee in Ottawa.
Robitaille testified that she advised McCurdie to contact police immediately. McCurdie responded that he needed to consult with Hockey Canada’s executives before he could do that, Robitaille told the hearing.
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