QUEBEC — Police in Quebec City have reopened an investigation into a 2014 allegation of sexual assault involving players from the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League's Gatineau Olympiques.
The QMJHL said in a statement Friday that it has been notified of the reopened investigation and will offer its "full co-operation" to Quebec City's police department.
Le Soleil reported in 2015 that a woman filed a complaint alleging a sexual assault involving four Olympiques players in a Quebec City hotel room in January 2014.
Police in Quebec City say the investigation has been reopened because of a "new element." The initial police investigation ended in March 2015 without charges being laid. "For obvious confidentiality reasons, we cannot provide information specifically concerning this case," said Const.