In one alleged incident, eight members of Canada’s national junior hockey team are said to have sexually assaulted a woman in London, Ont. in 2018. On Friday, allegations came to light involving the 2003 version of that team, in Halifax.
involving members of Hockey Canada junior teams — one in 2018 and one in 2003 — in a scandal that has left the national governing body for the sport reeling.
Then, in February 2019, according to Hockey Canada, the complainant declined to speak with authorities or its own investigators, and London police informed them they had closed their investigation. Hockey Canada said its own investigation was closed in September 2020, It was also stated that the organization has reported three sexual-assault complaints in recent years; Renney and Smith declined to discuss the other two with the committee.
More than a dozen hockey players, either on social media or through their legal counsel, have since denied any involvement in the alleged assault. The video is then said to show roughly half a dozen players taking turns having sex with a woman who was non-responsive and lying face up on the pool table, according to a TSN source.On July 14, Hockey Canada said it is reopening a third-party investigation into the alleged 2018 assault, and that participation by the players in question will be mandatory.
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