Clockwise from top left: Michael McLeod of the New Jersey Devils; Carter Hart of the Philadelphia Flyers; Dillon Dube of the Calgary Flames; Cal Foote of the New Jersey Devils; Alex Formenton, formerly of the Ottawa Senators.Photo by Postmedia Network file photo

Court hearing legal arguments in sex assault case of five hockey players

A jury trial is scheduled to begin on April 22 of next year.

· National Post

A London, Ont., judge is set to hear legal arguments today in the sexual assault case of five members of Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team.

Dillon Dube, Carter Hart, Michael McLeod, Cal Foote and Alex Formenton were charged with sexual assault earlier this year in an incident that allegedly took place in the city in June 2018.

McLeod also faces an additional charge of sexual assault for “being a party to the offence.”

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