Judge acquits players, finds complainant’s testimony not ‘reliable’

All five former members of Canada’s world junior hockey team who were accused of sexually assaulting a woman after a 2018 Hockey Canada gala were acquitted in a London, Ont., courtroom Thursday.
Justice Maria Carroccia declared Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dubé and Cal Foote not guilty of sexual assault. Mr. McLeod, who had faced a second charge of being a party to sexual assault, was acquitted on that count as well.