Former NHL Player Alex Formenton Has Been Charged By Police In Canada, His Lawyer Says – News18

Former NHL participant Alex Formenton turned himself in to police on Sunday in reference to an investigation into an alleged sexual assault by a number of members of Canada’s 2018 world junior group.

Formenton’s authorized group confirmed to The Associated Press that police in London, Ontario, have charged Formenton and a number of other different gamers. Lawyer Daniel Brown didn’t say what cost Formenton was dealing with.

“Alex will vigorously defend his innocence and asks that people not rush to judgment without hearing all of the evidence,” Brown mentioned in an announcement despatched by e mail to the AP.

Five gamers from that 2018 group have taken a depart of absence over the previous week from their present golf equipment, together with Formenton, a former Ottawa Senators participant who’s now in Europe. His Swiss group, HC Ambri-Piotta, mentioned he was granted an indefinite depart of absence for private causes and was allowed to return residence to Canada.

NHL gamers Michael McLeod and Cal Foote of the New Jersey Devils, Carter Hart of the Philadelphia Flyers and Dillon Dube of the Calgary Flames additionally went on depart in latest days.

London Police have scheduled a information convention for Feb. 5 to handle the state of affairs and declined to remark additional. Reached Sunday, a spokesperson mentioned police “will provide all updates at our press conference.”

Formenton, 24, performed 109 video games for the Senators from the 2017-18 season by way of 2021-22 earlier than his contract was not renewed and he went abroad.

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(This story has not been edited by News18 employees and is revealed from a syndicated information company feed – Associated Press)