Hart, McLeod, Dube, Foote, Formenton charged with sexual assault

[sureLoss]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1752423629667651659

Spoiler!

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/cana...medium=twitter

Five members of the 2018 world junior hockey team have been told to surrender to London, Ont., police to face charges of sexual assault, according to two sources.

The pending charges are connected to an alleged group sexual assault of a woman in a hotel room. The incident occurred following a Hockey Canada fundraising gala in June, 2018, where the players were honoured for their win at the world junior championships.

The players, who have not been charged yet, have been given a set period of time to present themselves at London police headquarters, according to two sources with knowledge of the investigation who The Globe is not naming because they have not been authorized to speak on the case.

[OILFAN #81]

Oh boy. Not good at all.

[kyuss275]

Why aren’t they releasing the names? Sorry but they don’t deserve to be protected at this stage.

[Toonage]

It seems to be lining up.

I'll withhold comment until its official, but plenty of disappointment to go around

[Funkhouser]

Originally Posted by kyuss275

Why aren’t they releasing the names? Sorry but they don’t deserve to be protected at this stage.

It would be helpful for hockey fans to know who was involved so that we can move forward. But I imagine our needs don't weigh highly in the equation! I suspect at this point it is a matter of days (or hours) until we know who the suspects are.

[The Fonz]

Originally Posted by kyuss275

Why aren’t they releasing the names? Sorry but they don’t deserve to be protected at this stage.

We can make a very plausible guess at 4 of the names at this point.

[Shazam]

Originally Posted by kyuss275

Why aren’t they releasing the names? Sorry but they don’t deserve to be protected at this stage.

The names will be released when they are charged.

[Azure]

About time this gets dealt with, but sure makes you wonder if Rick Westhead wouldn't have been like a dog on a bone on this issue, would the NHL & Hockey Canada even care?

[PeteMoss]

Originally Posted by kyuss275

Why aren’t they releasing the names? Sorry but they don’t deserve to be protected at this stage.

Not charged yet. I assume will be named when they are charged. Although with London police I don't know - they just had a murder/suicide here and didn't release the names or confirm what happened in public.
https://london.ctvnews.ca/mother-fru...ails-1.6739671

[Scroopy Noopers]

Originally Posted by kyuss275

Why aren’t they releasing the names? Sorry but they don’t deserve to be protected at this stage.

Still comes down the liabilities and speaking out of turn on a current legal matter… this isn’t out of the norm. No one is being “protected”. People are protecting themselves from unnecessarily legal recourse.

It’s coming, we’ll know soon.

[kyuss275]

Originally Posted by Scroopy Noopers

Still comes down the liabilities and speaking out of turn on a current legal matter… this isn’t out of the norm. No one is being “protected”. People are protecting themselves from unnecessarily legal recourse.

It’s coming, we’ll know soon.

Fair enough. Next question .. why are they being permitted to come in themselves to be charged , instead of flat out being arrested?

[mikeecho]

5 players have been asked to surrender to London police… In unrelated news, Ken Holland just added 5 players to his depth chart.

[kipperiggy]

Within days of 2 of the players from the team going on indefinite leaves of absences. Sure, could be a coincidence, but I don't like where this is going.

[Royle9]

Not a good look for those 2

[Boreal]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/cana...medium=twitter

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nhl/...qx5l29kuimp09g

More of article details with no pay wall.

[Scroopy Noopers]

Originally Posted by kyuss275

Fair enough. Next question .. why are they being permitted to come in themselves to be charged , instead of flat out being arrested?

Like, instead of arranging 5 raids in different countries/cities…? This is the easy cheaper route.

[Nsd1]

Originally Posted by kyuss275

Fair enough. Next question .. why are they being permitted to come in themselves to be charged , instead of flat out being arrested?

Could be due to the locations of the accused. I doubt any are in the London are. Easier for police to ask than to start the foreign arrest and extradition process.

[Fan in Exile]

London police look like absolute trash in all of this. They initially closed their investigation in February 2019. Opened it back up in 2022. Embarrassing when the NHL and bad publicity forces you to do your job properly ( with the assistance of other investigators who are more competent than you) 5 years after the fact. Heads should roll but you know they won't.

[Jason14h]

Originally Posted by kyuss275

Fair enough. Next question .. why are they being permitted to come in themselves to be charged , instead of flat out being arrested?

Most arrests for non violent crimes are people surrendering to police - especially if not charged immediately / years later

Tv / live arrests are mostly in movies or when the police want the press on the case

[Bunk]

I'm sure we'll start hearing the PR spin soon about how these are "good kids". yada yada.