Ice hockey-Judge declares mistrial in Canadian junior team sexual assault case

FILE PHOTO: Michael McLeod, one of five teammates on Canada's 2018 gold medal-winning world junior hockey team charged with sexually assaulting a woman in a hotel room, leaves the Superior Court of Justice in London, Ontario, Canada April 22, 2025. REUTERS/Brett Gundlock/File Photo

(Reuters) - A judge has declared a mistrial in the case of five former members of Canada's world junior ice hockey team accused of sexually assaulting a woman in a hotel in 2018.

Superior Court Justice Maria Carroccia made the announcement on Friday, two days after the trial had begun, informing jurors they were being discharged.