Former Quebec Junior Hockey Players Released as They Appeal Sentences for Sex Assault

Former Quebec Junior Hockey Players Released as They Appeal Sentences for Sex Assault
Former Victoriaville Tigres junior major hockey league players Nicolas Daigle (L) and Massimo Siciliano (R), follow defense lawyers as leave the courtroom after pleading guilty in Quebec City on Oct. 11, 2023. The Canadian Press/Jacques Boissinot
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Two former Quebec junior hockey players have been released as they appeal their prison sentences for sexually assaulting a minor at a hotel in June 2021 during a celebration of a Victoriaville Tigres championship win.

Court of Appeal Justice Geneviève Cotnam on July 11 granted Nicolas Daigle and Massimo Siciliano permission to appeal their sentences, which were for 32 and 30 months, respectively.