A southern Alberta school division is looking into what conditions may have contributed to members of a high school football team being charged with sexual assault.
Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.Charges have now been laid following an alleged sexual assault at Chinook High School last week. Police said it involved members of the school's football team. As Jaclyn Kucey reports, four teenagers are facing serious charges. A warning to our viewers, the details of the allegations are disturbing.
“The school and division have been engaged in not only investigating the incident that occurred, but also the current and past conditions that may have contributed to this incident,” said the statement. The accused, who are 16 and 17, have been charged with sexual assault with a weapon, assault with a weapon and forcible confinement. Police are not saying what weapon officers found in a search of the school, as the case is before the courts.The four accused cannot be identified under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
The four suspects were arrested and released from custody on conditions which include not having contact with the complainant or attending the school.
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