Former hockey executive Tyler King charged in Alberta

Tyler King, a 39-year-old former junior hockey executive, has been charged in Alberta with offences involving three players who were under 18 at the time of the alleged conduct, the RCMP said Monday. King faces three counts of luring a person under 18 years, sexual exploitation of a young person and making child sexual abuse material. The allegations have not been proven in court. Police said the complainants were Junior A hockey players from Alberta and Saskatchewan, and the investigation was focused on those three people. The RCMP said King was arrested Oct. 30 at the Lansdowne border crossing between Ontario and New York. He was living in the United States and employed by the State University of New York at Oswego when he was arrested. After a judicial interim release hearing, he was remanded into custody and is to return to Alberta for future court dates. Police said they first learned of allegations in June 2024, when an employee of the Okotoks Oilers Hockey Association reported that a former employee had allegedly solicited and compensated players for intimate images and sexual videos. The Oilers said King had left the organization before it received information that...