The Ontario Hockey League enactment retired a connection that it learned Wednesday of intersexual battle allegations from a 32-year-old woman, with the junior-hockey league taking the substance 'very seriously.'
In a tv interrogation that aired Wednesday successful Canada, a pistillate claimed she was sexually assaulted by 8 OHL players successful 2014 astatine a location she shared with a 19-year-old hockey subordinate she was dating.
That 19-year-old was playing successful the OHL astatine the time, though it is unclear if helium is 1 of the 8 players the pistillate is accusing of intersexual assault.
The pistillate added that immoderate of the players who allegedly sexually assaulted her went connected to play successful the NHL.
An NHL connection work that the league's enactment are 'deeply troubled by immoderate accusation of this nature. We person nary accusation beyond what was successful the media study from (Wednesday) night.'
The OHL is taking caller intersexual battle allegations against erstwhile players 'very seriously'
None of the woman's allegations person been tried successful court, nor has immoderate study named immoderate of the players accused successful the matter.
The pistillate said she did record a study with Ontario Provincial Police earlier this year.
The OHL is seen arsenic the apical junior-hockey league successful the world, wherever galore aboriginal NHL stars use their commercialized earlier becoming planetary stars.
Some of the astir celebrated NHL alumni include Wayne Gretzky, Connor McDavid, Eric Lindros, John Tavares, and Chris Pronger.
There is nary denotation of what OHL teams had players progressive successful the incidental arsenic well. The OHL is lone for players ages 16 done 20.