Five members of Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team have been ordered to surrender to police due to pending sexual assault charges.
The Globe and Mail reported this week that five players from the 2018 team have been told to surrender to face charges of sexual assault.
The names in an investigation into an alleged sexual assault involving members of the 2018 Canada World Juniors hockey team could be revealed at some point in the near future as they have not been formally charged.
The surrender is in relation to an alleged 2018 sexual assault following a gala event in London where the world junior gold medal team was being recognized. In 2022, Hockey Canada paid out a settlement to the unidentified woman, known only as E.M., who alleged she’d been assaulted by eight men.
“We are unable to provide an update at this time. When there is further information to share regarding this investigation, we will be in contact with media outlets,” London Police wrote in separate emails to media members.
London Police had originally closed the case in 2019 without filing charges but public outcry had the case reopened in July 2022.
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As The Globe and Mail initially reported when this filing went to court in December 2022, London Police Service sergeant David Younan wrote in his report that “when taking a global view of the evidence, (E.M.) subjectively believed that she had no alternative but to engage in the (specific sex act(s)). Further, I believe that each of the suspects knew or ought to have known that (E.M.) had not consented.”
In his report, Younan outlined the alleged criminal actions, as well as reports that an older man accompanying the Canadian players at a bar in London allegedly poured a shot of alcohol into the woman’s mouth and told her to “take care” of the players.
The victim stated she “explicitly told the men she was not comfortable” and asked the men to stop. The players, according to the report, allegedly then took turns slapping her.
