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Originally Posted by taxbuster
If they could that would be an abject failure on the part of Hockey Canada's legal team. Typically once a payment is agreed, an NDA, Release of all parties and a gag order are part of the consideration for payment.
As to them suing her? I'd think that's a pretty bad look or possibility unless they could prove the criminal prosecution malicious, vexatious or utterly without merit. (Suing the Crown would be more profitable IMO and I'm not sure the victim would be suable.)
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Yeah, I don't know anything about NDAs and what they can and can't include, other than that they can't be used to cover up a crime or prevent someone from cooperating with police if a crime took place.
It seems like they are best used when there might not be enough evidence for charges, but you want to prevent the person from going public with the story. In this case, Hockey Canada probably miscalculated. Once she went after Hockey Canada, they seemed to settle with her at lightning fast speed though, which suggests to me that they were pretty scared.