Ice hockey player Carter Hart - one of five players acquitted of sexual assault charges in Canada - has signed a new contract with National Hockey League (NHL) team the Vegas Golden Knights.
The players - all members of Canada's World Junior Championship gold-medal team - were accused of assaulting a woman known as EM in a hotel room in 2018 in the Canadian province of Ontario. They were cleared in July.
The NHL is composed of 32 teams in North America - 25 in the US and seven in Canada.
Hart is the first to sign a contract with an NHL team since it ruled the acquitted players could not join teams before 15 October, or play in games until December as part of a reinstatement process.
Speaking at a press conference, the 27-year-old said he was "excited to move forward".
