Two Players Of NJ Devils Accused Of Sexual Assault, Placed On Leave

According to The Globe and Mail, five members of the Canadian World Junior hockey team from 2018 are accused of sexual assault, and two of them are New Jersey Devils, putting five professional hockey players on leave from their clubs.

Two Players Of NJ Devils Accused Of Sexual Assault, Placed On Leave

According to the story, the former Canadian junior team players have been ordered to turn themselves up to London, Ontario police so they may be charged.

The accused players have not yet been identified, but a number of them have taken indefinite leaves from their professional teams: Alex Formenton, who is currently with the Swiss club Ambri Piotta; Carter Hart of the Philadelphia Flyers; Dillon Dube of the Calgary Flames; and Michael McLeod and Cal Foote of the New Jersey Devils.

In a statement, London police stated that they would want to “share further details” during a news conference on February 5.

The accused players were recognized for winning the World Junior Championships at a fundraising banquet hosted by Hockey Canada in June 2018, which coincided with an alleged group sexual assault.

Note that Canada does not have a statute of limitations for sexual assault.

The London police applied to the Ontario Court of Justice more than a year ago to begin an investigation, stating they had good reason to think that five players on the Canadian junior hockey team for the 2018 world championship had molested a lady in a hotel room.

The first inquiry was terminated in February 2019 without producing any charges.

A lady going under the name E.M. allegedly filed a lawsuit in April 2022, requesting $3.55 million in damages from Hockey Canada, the Canadian Hockey League, and eight anonymous players.

She said that after the gala, she went back to a hotel in the London area and met several of the players in a bar. There, they allegedly had consensual sex.

E.M. claimed that despite sobbing, trying to escape, and afraid for her safety, she was “directed, manipulated, and intimidated” into staying in the room.

 

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