That was the height of Canada’s hockey-culture crisis. It began when TSN reported in the spring of 2022 that Hockey Canada had moved with remarkable haste to settle a multi-million-dollar lawsuit that alleged a group sexual assault involving members of the 2018 World Junior team after a gala in London, Ont., that summer.

All five players charged in the Hockey Canada sexual assault case have been acquitted after an Ontario judge determined the allegations made against them weren't credible enough.

Five former players on Canada's 2018 world junior ice hockey team have been found not guilty of sexually assaulting a woman in a hotel room that year, a judge said on Thursday.

Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dubé and Cal Foote were found not guilty of all charges by Justice Maria Carroccia on Thursday

Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Cal Foote, Dillon Dubé and Michael McLeod were found not guilty of sexual assault in a verdict shared by Superior Court Justice Maria Carroccia on Thursday in London, Ontario, according to The Athletic's Sean Gentille and Hailey Salvian.

As a verdict looms in the Canadian junior hockey sexual assault case, legal scholars emphasize that post-incident videos don't equate to legal consent. The trial, centered on a 2018 alleged assault, has sparked national debate on consent,