Former World Junior Hockey Players Charged With Sexual Assault Choose Jury Trial

Published on February 28, 2024

Five former members of Canada’s world junior hockey team who are charged with sexual assault in a 2018 incident in London, Ont., have chosen to be tried by a jury. Dillon Dube, Carter Hart, Michael McLeod, Cal Foote and Alex Formenton were charged with sexual assault last month. Mr. McLeod is also facing an additional charge of sexual assault for “being a party to the offence.” In a joint statement, their lawyers said the five players selected a jury trial earlier this week and are “confident that jurors drawn from the community will decide this case fairly and impartially after hearing all the evidence and testimony.”...

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