Read the full text of the judge's verdict in the Hockey Canada sex assault trial

Justice Maria Carroccia acquitted five former Canadian world junior hockey players—Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dube, and Callan Foote—of sexual assault charges stemming from a 2018 incident in a London hotel room involving a complainant known as E.M. She stated that the Crown failed to meet its burden of proof and deemed the complainant’s testimony not credible or reliable.

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