Three new former players come forward with allegations against Blackhawks and Brad Aldrich

Content Warning: The following article contains mentions of sexual assault.

According to Rick Westhead of TSN, three more potential plaintiffs are considering litigation against the Chicago Blackhawks for the team's role in aiding and abetting former video coach Brad Aldrich in alleged sexual assault crimes.

The anonymous former Miami of Ohio University student (John Doe 3) alleges he was raped by Aldrich in October of 2012 after Aldrich groomed him with stories of his time with the Blackhawks and by showing off things like his Stanley Cup ring, Olympic silver medal and other cool hockey memorabilia. 

Westhead reports that John Doe 3 is among three potential plaintiffs who are considering lawsuits against the Blackhawks.

John Doe 3 told Westhead that Aldrich confided in him that he was gay and told him the Blackhawks had helped Aldrich secure a job at the Ohio school after he left the NHL team.

“Brad told me that he was tired of the travel of the NHL and that after winning the Stanley Cup, he had achieved his goals in that league,” John Doe 3 said. “He said that the Blackhawks recommended he work with Miami of Ohio because the school had really supported the You Can Play program.”

“All the time he was talking about Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews, Stan Bowman and how great all those guys were and how he was friends with them,” John Doe 3 said. “I just thought, ‘Holy cow, this is awesome. This guy’s life is exactly what I want.’ ”

John Doe 3 recounts the evening he was raped by Aldrich (from Westhead's article for TSN):

Aldrich suggested the two go to a local pub and told John Doe 3 he could stay overnight at his apartment.

“We went back to his apartment, and he’s got this memorabilia wall set up with the Olympic silver medal and his gold medal from [the women's] juniors,” John Doe 3 said. “There’s a picture of him holding up the Stanley Cup and he’s also got his Stanley Cup ring there on the shelf, which he lets me try on.”

John Doe 3 said that after the two drank a few more beers he went to sleep on Aldrich’s couch and woke up in the middle of the night with Aldrich on top of him.

“When I woke up, my pants were around my ankles, he was playing with my penis, and it was all wet down there,” John Doe 3 said. “He clearly had been performing oral sex on me. I got up and said, ‘What the f--- are you doing?’ And I left his apartment.”

John Doe 3 claims that he never told anyone about the assault for several years and developed a problem with alcohol in an attempt to self-medicate. After Aldrich was convicted of sexual misconduct with a 16 year old student in 2014 though, John Doe 3 came forward with his own story. Incredibly, police in Oxford, Ohio recommended to John Doe 3 that he not file a report against Aldrich because the statute of limitations had expired.

Suffice it to say that there is a LOT to take in here and it's worth reading Westhead's entire article: