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The Vancouver Canucks announced on Sunday that forwardCourt documents revealed last month showedA civil lawsuit was filed in Kelowna, B.C., last month alleging Virtanen took the woman to a hotel in West Vancouver in September 2017 and assaulted her as the woman repeatedly said no and pleaded with him to stop.
Virtanen denied the allegation in a response filed on June 1, saying the pair had consensual sex and denying that the woman"expressed any indication, verbal or physical, that she did not want to engage in physical activity."Virtanen is asking for the lawsuit to be dismissed and for the court to award him special costs, due to the nature of the allegations.
The Canucks placed Virtanen on leave on May 1, saying in a statement that the team"does not accept sexual misconduct of any kind and the claims as reported are being treated very seriously.''
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