Five Hockey Players Involved in Sex Assault Case to Face Legal Arguments This Week

January 20, 2025 TruthUSA

Expect more legal arguments this week in the sexual assault case of five former members of Canada’s world junior hockey team as they prepare for trial this spring.

Dillon Dube, Carter Hart, Michael McLeod, Cal Foote, and Alex Formenton were charged with sexual assault early last year in an incident that allegedly took place in London, Ont., nearly six years earlier.

McLeod faces an additional charge of being a party to the offense of sexual assault.

All five players are expected to plead not guilty. A jury trial is scheduled to begin in London on April 22 before Superior Court Justice Maria Carroccia.

None of the evidence or arguments presented in this week’s hearings—or a stretch of similar hearings held last fall—can be reported at this time due to a publication ban.

An initial police investigation was closed without charges in 2019 and then reopened three years later. Police have provided limited information on the investigations but stated they were able to lay charges after gathering new evidence.