Five members of Team Canada's 2018 World Junior Championship team were ordered by London, Ont., police to surrender, according to a report by The Globe and Mail.

Update: London, Ont., police anticipate they will hold a press conference on Monday, Feb. 5, on an investigation into sexual assault allegations dating back to 2018. The original story follows.

Police in London, Ont., have directed five unnamed members of Hockey Canada’s 2018 World Junior Championship team to surrender, The Globe and Mail has reported.

The surrender is in relation to an alleged 2018 sexual assault following a gala event in London where the world junior gold medal team was being recognized. Since then, Hockey Canada has faced internal and external investigations and probing for their handling of the allegations. In 2022, Hockey Canada paid out a settlement to the unidentified woman, known only as E.M., who alleged she’d been assaulted by eight men.

The deadline for these men to surrender themselves to police was not released, and London Police told the media no further updates would be provided at this time.

“We are unable to provide an update at this time. When there is further information to share regarding this investigation, we will be in contact with media outlets,” London Police wrote in separate emails to media members.

London Police had originally closed the case in 2019 without filing charges. Following public outcry, it reopened the case in July 2022. This new investigation resulted in London Police stating in a filing to the Ontario Court of Justice that reasonable grounds had been discovered to suggest five members of Canada’s 2018 World Junior team had committed criminal offenses.

As The Globe and Mail initially reported when this filing went to court in December 2022, London Police Service sergeant David Younan wrote in his report that “when taking a global view of the evidence, (E.M.) subjectively believed that she had no alternative but to engage in the (specific sex act(s)). Further, I believe that each of the suspects knew or ought to have known that (E.M.) had not consented.”

In his report, Younan outlined the alleged criminal actions, as well as reports that an older man accompanying the Canadian players at a bar in London allegedly poured a shot of alcohol into the E.M.’s mouth and told her to “take care” of the players. Younan’s report also outlines the impact on the victim and states she “explicitly told the men she was not comfortable” and asked the men to stop. The players, according to the report, allegedly then took turns slapping her.

Hockey Canada reportedly settled a $3.55-million lawsuit filed by E.M. This payment, and others like it, were a significant portion of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage’s inquiry into “slush funds” used by Hockey Canada to pay victims, along with Hockey Canada’s protocol for reporting and preventing harm to participants.

Following the hearings, Hockey Canada CEO Scott Smith, and later interim CEO Andrea Skinner and the entire Hockey Canada board of directors stepped down. Since then, Hockey Canada has developed an Action Plan, hired new CEO Katherine Henderson, and selected a new board of directors.

The contents of The Globe and Mail’s report have yet to be corroborated by other media outlets including The Hockey News. The report said no charges have been laid as of yet. The allegations have not been proven in court at this time.