Hockey Canada settles suit over alleged sexual assault involving world junior players

Hockey Canada and the Canadian Hockey League have reportedly settled a lawsuit with a lady who claimed she was sexually assaulted by eight members of the 2018 Canadian world junior hockey crew.

TSN first reported the settlement Thursday, it was later confirmed by Sportsnet.

The plaintiff, recognized as “E.M.” in court docket data, claimed she was repeatedly assaulted whereas intoxicated in a London, Ont. lodge room in 2018 following a Hockey Canada occasion honouring Canada’s gold medal-winning junior crew.

The lady, now 24, was in search of $3.55 million in damages.

Particulars of the settlement weren’t launched.

Not one of the allegations in opposition to the gamers have been confirmed in court docket.

“Hockey Canada is deeply troubled by the very critical allegations of sexual assault concerning members of the 2017-18 Nationwide Junior Hockey Group,” Hockey Canada stated in an announcement. “As quickly as Hockey Canada grew to become conscious of this matter in 2018, we contacted native police authorities to tell them.”

Hockey Canada stated the lady selected to not communicate with the police or with Hockey Canada’s unbiased investigator.

The group stated the lady additionally selected to not establish the gamers concerned.

“This was her proper and we totally respect her needs,” the assertion stated.

In the meantime, the Nationwide Hockey League is launching its personal investigation into the allegations.

“We’ll endeavour to find out the underlying information and, to the extent this will likely contain gamers who are actually within the NHL, we are going to decide what motion, if any, could be applicable,” the league stated in assertion.

This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Might 26, 2021