The much-anticipated sexual assault trial of five players from the 2018 Canadian world junior hockey team began Tuesday morning, with jury selection.
The trial, being held at the London courthouse, is expected to last eight weeks.
The charges are linked to a Hockey Canada gala in London in June 2018 to celebrate the team’s gold medal performance months earlier. London police investigated and closed the case in early 2019. Criminal charges were laid in January 2024 following a revived London police investigation.