Case advances against former NHL player accused of sex crimes

The case towards a former NHL hockey participant accused of intercourse crimes has been moved to Oakland County Circuit Court docket for doable trial.

On the finish of a preliminary examination within the forty eighth District Court docket, Choose Marc Barron dominated there was possible trigger to dismiss the case towards 41-year-old Ryan Kesler. Kesler, a local of metro Detroit, is charged with two “high-court” felony counts of fourth-degree felony conduct for an alleged Jan. 1 incident.

Kesler performed 15 seasons within the NHL with the Vancouver Canucks and Anaheim Geese. He received a silver medal as a part of the 2010 U.S. Olympic males’s hockey crew and was a part of the fourth-place crew on the 2014 Olympics. He at the moment coaches youth hockey by means of the Little Caesars AAA Hockey Membership.

Arraignment in Oakland County Circuit Court docket is scheduled for Dec. 16 earlier than Choose Victoria Valentine.

Legal sexual conduct within the fourth diploma is punishable by as much as two years in jail and/or a $500 effective.

Kesler has been launched after posting $5,000 bail.

The Detroit Information contributed to this story.