Several criminal lawyers who specialize in sexual assault cases have told me over the past days they expected former 2018 World Juniors players facing prosecution for an alleged sex assault in London, Ont., might face charges of gang sexual assault and forceable confinement.
Alex Formenton's attorney Daniel Brown told me today that the former Senators player has not been charged with either of those offences.
He declined to elaborate on what Formenton has been charged with.
If Formenton has been charged with common sexual assault, he faces a maximum 10 years in prison if he's found guilty.
People convicted of gang sexual assault face a maximum of 14 years.
(Toronto lawyer Alison Craig told me it's not uncommon for sexual assault charges to be upgraded after they are laid.)
