Intro seen walking with his lawyers in tow Alex foron turning himself into police in London Ontario lawyers for foron confirm he's facing charges for an accusation made in 2018 foron was a Formenton member of Canada's 2018 World Junior Team that team according to a report from the globin mail has five players who have been asked to turn themselves in for charges related to an alleged sexual assault that took place in London Ontario that same year on Wednesday the globan mail reported that they were asked to turn themselves in to police and were given a set period of time to do so in a statement to Media his legal team says Alex will vigorously defend his innocent and asks that people not rush to judgment without hearing all of the evidence the now 24-year-old foron Formenton legal team statement was drafted by the Ottawa Senators in 2017 and most recently was playing in Switzerland where he is on indefinite leave for personal reasons throughout Formenton on indefinite leave the week a number of players throughout the NHL took leaves from their teams and all were teammates of foron on the 2018 World Junior's team Michael McLoud and NHL players leave Cal foot of the New Jersey Devils Carter Hart of the Philadelphia Flyers and Dylan Dubay of the Calgary Flames it has not been confirmed the leaves are due to the glob and mail report in 2022 foot's agent denied he was involved in the alleged sexual assault while Legal experts representatives for dubet and Hart have denied their client engaged in any wrongdoing an attempt to contact McLoud went unanswered given the complexity of the case one legal expert believes we're still far away from a trial which could also be broken out into multiple trials Timeline for trial it'll be at least a year before we get to a trial at least a year if not longer and I would imagine given the complexity and the fact that there's multiple people involved here all of whom will have their own counsel all of whom might have different positions with respect to you know what happened and their culpability the case had been closed in Fallout 2018 but later reopened in 2022 and has garnered major public attention the investigation and Fallout led to Major sponsors cancelling or ending deals with Hockey Canada now Gilbert says it may be the most significant legal case in Canadian sports history this is you know the the most severe and significant kind of abuse that you can have sexual assault and and the culture it it it exhibits for Hockey Canada and for junior hockey uh you know and it's a it's going to be a big moment in in sporting history but also in sexual assault law too London Police have planned a press conference for February 5th where they will be talking about a sexual assault investigation dating back to 2018 mrr con Global News