{"id":84978,"date":"2025-12-07T11:41:32","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T11:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/84978\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T11:41:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T11:41:32","slug":"case-advances-against-former-nhl-player-accused-of-sex-crimes-the-oakland-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/84978\/","title":{"rendered":"Case advances against former NHL player accused of sex crimes \u2013 The Oakland Press"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The case against a former NHL hockey player accused of sex crimes has advanced to Oakland County Circuit Court for possible trial.<\/p>\n<p>At the conclusion of a Dec. 4 preliminary exam in 48th District Court, Judge Marc Barron ruled there was probable cause to bind over the case against 41-year-old Ryan Kesler. Kesler, a metro Detroit native, is charged with two \u201chigh-court\u201d misdemeanors of fourth-degree criminal conduct for an alleged Jan. 1 incident.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"mugshot\" width=\"264\" height=\"330\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TOP-L-cscNHLplayer1028-01_5e5ef6.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1701457\" \/>Ryan Kesler booking photo<\/p>\n<p>Kesler played 15 seasons in the NHL with the Vancouver Canucks and Anaheim Ducks. He won a silver medal as part of the 2010 U.S. Olympic men\u2019s hockey team and was part of the team that finished in fourth place in the 2014 Olympic games. He\u2019s currently a youth hockey coach through the Little Caesars AAA Hockey Club.<\/p>\n<p>Arraignment in Oakland County Circuit Court is scheduled for Dec. 16 before Judge Victoria Valentine.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"hockey players\" width=\"1320\" height=\"299\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TOP-L-cscNHLplayer1028-01.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1701222\" \/>Ryan Kesler, #17, duirng his time with the NHL (file photo by David Guralnick\/The Detroit News)<\/p>\n<p>Fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct is punishable by up to two years incarceration and\/or a $500 fine.<\/p>\n<p>Kesler is out of custody after posting a $5,000 bond.<\/p>\n<p>The Detroit News contributed to this story.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theoaklandpress.com\/2025\/12\/05\/woman-whose-kids-were-allegedly-living-in-deplorable-condition-waives-preliminary-exam\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Woman whose kids were allegedly living in \u2018deplorable condition\u2019 waives preliminary exam<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theoaklandpress.com\/2025\/12\/05\/man-accused-of-beating-choking-young-son-opts-out-of-trial\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Man accused of beating, choking young son opts out of trial<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The case against a former NHL hockey player accused of sex crimes has advanced to Oakland County Circuit&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":84979,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[45503,47937,47938,143,25791,145,144,47936],"class_list":["post-84978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-criminal-sexual-conduct","tag-fourth-degree-csc","tag-misdemeanor-csc","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-county-circuit-court","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news","tag-ryan-kesler"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84978\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}