NHL suspends players acquitted in 2018 sexual assault trial until Dec. 1

[theograce]

When will this league stop making terrible decisions?

This is a joke!

Asking honestly, what is it that has you upset about this decision? Is it that they’re being allowed back at all? I’m genuinely asking.

These people are innocent - why is there a time period for them to be reinstated?

Define "innocent" in this case. It was clearly an ugly incident the NHL seems that additional discipline is required I'm ok with that

They were charged with a crime - they were not found guilty of committing said crime.

Anything else you need me to clear up?

https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/458 ... of-not-met

Yes, learn to read the judge ACQUITTED them citing the prosecutor did not meet the onus of proof. Legally this is not the same outcome as INNOCENT. Clear enough?

So the same as the guy you have tattooed on your body?

[Harry S Deals]

Nope your wrong

I posted Canadian Law. You're posting an opinion.

Nope wrong again, the legal concept of acquittal is pretty universal among UK/US/Canada. In no scenario does being ACQUITTED mean you were INNOCENT of a crime, just as a NOT GUITLY verdict does not necessarily mean you were INNOCENT of a criminal charge. Being INNOCENT means basically you didnt do anything wrong. OJ Simpson was not INNOCENT. It couldnt be more clear per the judge: " Justice Maria Carroccia said prosecutors could not meet the onus of proof for the charges against Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dube and Callan Foote."
It seems pretty likely that these players or player did something sexual and unwanted in the hotel room, this ACQUITTAL does not mean that one or more was NOT GUILTY of something. It means it could not be proven in this case by the prosecutor.

"The woman testified in May that she was naked, drunk and scared when four of the men showed up unexpectedly in her room at the Delta Hotel London Armouries and felt the only "safe" option was to do what they wanted. Prosecutors argued that the players did what they wanted without taking steps to ensure the woman was voluntarily consenting to sexual acts."

Was ALL of the sex acts in the hotel room consented?

[BalotelliMassive]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/livestor ... -9.6842381

An Ontario Superior Court justice today found five members of Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team not guilty of sexual assault charges, ending an eight-week trial that captured national attention and prompted widespread debate on sexual assault, hockey culture and the legal definition of consent.

Justice Maria Carroccia found all of the accused men not guilty. She went through each of their names in court, one after the other: Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Cal Foote, Dillon Dubé and Michael McLeod.

In each, she said the Crown had failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the complainant in the case had not consented to the sexual activity that took place in a room on the second floor of a London, Ont., hotel in June 2018.

[theograce]

Anything having to do with sex is taboo or scandalous in the West. It’s so rigid. Judment is always there.

But hey … you can drive drunk, crash into buildings, lie to Police, commit perjury, slander a woman and it will be boys will be boys mentality for some. Zero accountability for all that lol