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Michigan native, NHL player Ian Cole accused of sexual abuse, grooming a minor

A woman has accused NHL player Ian Cole of grooming and sexually abusing her when she was a minor.

Twitter user Emily_Smith3333 posted a message on Twitter on Friday, accusing Cole, a native of Ann Arbor and former member on the U.S. National Team Development Program, of assaulting her when she was in high school. The tweet is the only one by the account, which was created in September.

The accuser said that for four years, Cole groomed her, and that their first sexual encounter happened when she was a minor and Cole had been in the NHL a few years.