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London’s top cop says he’s satisfied two sexual assault investigations involving hockey players were conducted appropriately. The cases were reviewed after the victim claimed police discouraged her from pressing charges.
London Police Chief Steve Williams says he's satisfied that two sexual assault investigations involving hockey players were conducted appropriately.
Hockey culture, policing and concerns about how sexual assault accusers are treated were put at a crossroads again last week after TSN reporter Rick Westhead spoke with a woman who says she was assaulted in London four years ago.
The victim says she was dating a hockey player and they went to a house party in March of 2018 with other hockey players.
She told police she was assaulted by a member of the Western University men’s hockey team who was attending King's University College at the time.
She also reported that she was assaulted again by a semi-professional player later in the same day. Westhead posted his story last week, which included claims that police tried to discourage the woman from pressing charges.
Shortly after the article was posted, Williams ordered a review of two the investigations after the report published.
Williams issued a statement Thursday morning saying, "An internal review of the sexual assault investigations noted below have been completed, and I am satisfied that they were conducted appropriately."
