The Crown has decided not to appeal an Ontario Superior Court justice's July 24 not guilty decisions in the sex assault trial for five former world junior hockey players.
The Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General has 30 days to file a notice of appeal of a judge or jury's rulings.
Superior Court Justice Maria Carroccia found Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dubé and Cal Foote not guilty of sexual assaulting a woman in a London, Ont., hotel room in 2018. The team and hockey officials were in the city to celebrate Canada's world junior gold medal won months earlier.
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