(London) More legal arguments are expected next week in the sexual assault case of five former members of Junior Team Canada, as they prepare to stand trial this spring.
Posted at 12:55 p.m.
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, Ontario, almost six years earlier.
McLeod faces an additional charge of participating in 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 Judge Maria Carroccia.
-Evidence or arguments presented at next week’s hearings — or a series of similar hearings held last fall — cannot be reported at this time due to a publication ban.
A first police investigation was closed without charges in 2019, then reopened three years later. Police have given little information about the investigations, but said they were able to lay charges after collecting new evidence.
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