Judge says she didn't find the evidence in the Crown's case "credible or reliable" in announcing the verdicts.

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.

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,