Members of an Alberta high school football team accused of sexually assaulting a teammate last fall won't be going to trial. Alberta's provincial flag flies on a flagpole in Ottawa, Monday July 6, 2020. /The Canadian PressPhoto by Adrian Wyld

No trial for three teens in Lethbridge high school football sex assault case

· Calgary Herald

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — Members of an Alberta high school football team accused of sexually assaulting a teammate last fall won’t face trial.

The four accused, who were 16 and 17 at the time of their arrest, were charged with sexual assault with a weapon, assault with a weapon and forcible confinement. Because of their ages, they cannot be identified under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.