[Music] the sexual assault case against five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team made its first appearance in a Southwestern Ontario Court on Monday they are set to return at the end of April Dylan dubet Cal foot Alex formenton Carter Hart and Michael mcloyd were not present in London Ontario Court and their lawyers appeared by video the players were charged with sexual assault late last month lawyers for the players have said their clients will defend themselves against the allegations the charges relate to an alleged incident at a London hotel in June 2018 prosecutors on Monday sought and obtained an order protecting the identity of the complainant which is standard in sexual assault cases as well as that of two witnesses