OHL responds to CTV W5 investigation into alleged sexual assault by former junior hockey players

The Ontario Hockey League (OHL) has released a statement in response to a recent CTV W5 investigation into an alleged sexual assault in 2014.

Content advisory: This article includes allegations of sexual assault.

The Ontario Hockey League (OHL) has released a statement in response to a recent CTV W5 investigation into an alleged sexual assault in 2014.

Published and broadcast Wednesday, the investigation concerns a reported incident allegedly involving eight former junior hockey players.

"The Ontario Hockey League is aware of a CTV report of a sexual assault alleged to have been committed by OHL players in November 2014," the statement reads.

"The OHL first learned of these allegations on Wednesday, and had no previous knowledge of the alleged event. The League takes allegations of this nature very seriously and will cooperate with any corresponding police investigation."

The allegations referenced in the W5 story describe a group sexual assault of a then-22-year-old woman who was said to have been in a relationship with an OHL player. The woman says she did not tell her family of the incident until this year.

The OHL statement goes on to note the "courage required for victims of sexual assault to come forward with their experiences," and that the league "would always desire to see justice served and perpetrators held to account."