NHL commissioner Gary Bettman is expected to address media this afternoon as five current and former NHL players charged with sexual assault in London, Ont.
prepare to appear in court on Monday. New Jersey Devils player Michael McLeod faces two charges of sexual assault. Police charged McLeod both with committing the offence and being a party to the offence, according to court documents.
His teammate, Cal Foote, was also charged with one count of sexual assault. The Devils re-signed McLeod and Foote last summer to one-year contracts worth $2.2 million combined.
Carter Hart of the Philadelphia Flyers, Dillion Dubé of the Calgary Flames and former Ottawa Senator Alex Formenton, who now plays in Switzerland, were also charged, according to court documents.