Pretrial Hearings Begin for Five Ex-World Junior Hockey Players in Sexual Assault Case

The accused players, charged in connection with a 2018 incident, are set to plead not guilty ahead of their jury trial scheduled for April 2025.

Three of the five former NHL players charged with sexual assault appeared in a London, Ontario courtroom as pretrial hearings began on Monday.
The charges stem from allegations of a June 2018 incident involving a woman at a hotel following a gala celebrating Canada's world junior hockey victory.
Dillon Dubé, Carter Hart, Michael McLeod, Cal Foote, and Alex Formenton are all accused, with McLeod facing an additional charge of being party to the offence.
The pretrial hearings, expected to last three weeks, will determine which evidence can be presented during the jury trial set to begin on April 22, 2025.
A publication ban is in place to protect the alleged victim, witnesses, and the fairness of the trial, with none of the allegations yet proven in court.