Kyle Beach has come forward as "John Doe," the former Chicago Blackhawks player who filed a lawsuit against the team for mishandling his sexual assault allegations.
Beach, now 31 and playing professionally in Germany, revealed himself in an emotional interview on TSN Wednesday, saying he felt "relief and vindication" and "it was no longer my word against everybody else's."
An investigation by the law firm Jenner & Block, commissioned by the Blackhawks, was made public on Tuesday. The report concluded that "nothing was done" by senior leaders in Blackhawks' coaching and management in 2010 after Beach reported that Brad Aldrich, then the team's video coach, sexually assaulted and harassed him.