Players weren\u0027t required to take part in investigations and were not disciplined in any way
They tend to try to administer their own versions of justice, away from civilian criminal courts and the public eye. Often, they end up perpetuating injustice instead.
However, sports organizations don’t suffer from the same inherent untouchability. They can be put down, or at least knocked out for a few rounds, without committing national security seppuku. Cultural inertia, upset fandoms and large financial incentives normally prevent this outcome, but it’s possible.Article content
In 2018, after a Hockey Canada golf tournament and banquet in London, Ont., a group of eight hockey players allegedly forced an intoxicated woman to perform oral sex on them. According to Westhead’s account of the lawsuit, “The players also allegedly straddled the plaintiff while placing their genitals in her face, slapped the plaintiff on her buttocks, spat on her, ejaculated in and on her, engaged in vaginal intercourse with her, pressured her from leaving the room when she tried to.
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