Another Member of Canada's 2018 World Junior team issues statement denying involvement in rape
Arizona Coyotes defenceman Conor Timmins released a statement Monday saying he was not involved in an alleged sexual assault involving members of Canada's 2018 world junior hockey team.
Timmins, who was a member of Canada's gold medal-winning team at the 2018 tournament in Buffalo, released the following through his agency, Quartexx Management:
"I am aware of the allegations made against some of the members of the 2018 Canadian World Junior Hockey team at the London, Ontario gala event in June of 2018. I was not involved in any way in the incident that gave rise to the allegations that have been reported.
No one alleges that I was present or involved and I have no personal knowledge of what occurred. I cooperated fully with the initial Hockey Canada investigation and will continue to cooperate in any other investigations as required as investigations are ongoing.
I will not be commenting further on the matter.
Hockey Canada settled a lawsuit in May after a woman, now 24, claimed she was assaulted by eight hockey players, including members of the national junior team, at a gala and golf function in London, Ont., in June 2018.
Timmins' statement comes just under a week after Hockey Canada announced that it was reopening its investigation into the alleged assault and the woman involved in the case has said she will cooperate.
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