Historical Sexual Assault Allegation Against Windsor Spitfires

[Ped]

As per the Athletic.


https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/623...l-assault-ohl/

A lawsuit has been filed against four unnamed Windsor Spitfires players in connection with an alleged group sexual assault that took place in 1984 in Tecumseh, Ontario, according to the statement of claim filed with the Windsor Superior Court of Justice on Tuesday. The lawsuit also names the Spitfires, the Ontario Hockey League and the Canadian Hockey League as defendants.

The plaintiff in the case, who is also unidentified and referred to as “Jane Doe,” said in her claim that she lost consciousness during an end-of-season party in the spring of 1984 and awoke “unable to move” and with her clothing removed and one of the players “on top of her, penetrating her vagina with his penis.” The woman said the other three players “then took turns engaging in vaginal penetration of the plaintiff.”
According to the claim, which alleges “sexual abuse, assault and battery,” an additional player from the Spitfires “was present throughout the assault but did not sexually assault the plaintiff while she was conscious.” The plaintiff said she didn’t know whether that player assaulted her before she regained consciousness, but her “only recollection was of the player standing in the corner of the room in an emotional state and crying throughout the remainder of the assaults.”

Talach, who has handled sex abuse cases for over two decades, said the 2018 Hockey Canada case “absolutely” influenced his client to come forward with her claim from 1984.
“The Hockey Canada case of 2018 was really the first time that we’ve kind of elevated that story to a national level and I think it encouraged lots of people to confront their own past,” he said.
Talach said that the 2018 Hockey Canada case is not a “one-off”: “There’s a culture problem in hockey that seems to arise from the junior hockey years. So we’re just going to continue to deal with these as people feel the courage to disclose.”

Notable players on that team (no players have been named specifically)


Paul Lawless
Todd Gill
Keith Gretzky


Please, no one ask why "it took so long to report?" We all know why credible historical assaults often go unreported.

[FanIn80]

Originally Posted by Ped

Please, no one ask why "it took so long to report?" We all know why credible historical assaults often go unreported.

Agreed... but it should also not be ok to just start haphazardly naming names that may not even deserve to be associated with this story.

[blankall]

Not that this makes the experience any less horrific for the victim, but I saw "Gretzky" out of the corner of my eye and had an immediate reaction to that before reading further down.

[fotze2]

Originally Posted by blankall

Not that this makes the experience any less horrific for the victim, but I saw "Gretzky" out of the corner of my eye and had an immediate reaction to that before reading further down.

I didn’t read the wall but I did see the names. The pieces of crap!