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David Frost | |
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| Born | David James Frost 1967 or 1968 (age 56–57)[1] |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Other names | Jim McCauley |
| Occupation | NHL Players' Association agent |
| Known for | Hockey Consultation |
David James Frost, a.k.a. Jim McCauley, (born 1967 or 1968) is a former junior ice hockey coach and NHL Players' Association sports agent, best known as the alleged target of a murder-for-hire plot by one of his clients, former St. Louis Blues forward Mike Danton.
Frost currently operates a sports consulting service and travels across North America providing this service on a contract basis. Frost also wrote his hockey autobiography: hockey book titled Frosty: The Good The Bad The Ugly Going Up The Ranks To The NHL.
He at one time worked in Laguna Niguel, California under the alias Jim McCauley working out at the Laguna Niguel Hockey Academy.[2]
On August 22, 2006, Frost was charged with 12 counts of sexual exploitation by the Ontario Provincial Police for crimes alleged during 1995–2001. The charges relate to his time as coach of the Quinte Hawks Junior hockey team and involve acts on three females between the ages of 16 and 18 yrs.[3] Frost spent around $200,000 to hire Marie Henein as his defence lawyer.[4] Frost was found not guilty on those charges on November 29, 2008, after the judge in the case found "some testimony by government witnesses was simply not believable and he feared some of it had been tainted by collusion".[5] Steve Simmons, writing in The Toronto Sun, criticized the poor performance by the Crown prosecutors, who neglected to call several witnesses who would have likely bolstered the case against Frost.[6]
- ^ "Crown drops six charges against ex-hockey agent". 6 March 2007.
- ^ The Hockey News, September 29, 2010: David Frost resurfaces as Jim McCauley at California hockey academy
- ^ "Ex-NHL agent David Frost arrested". CBC. August 22, 2006.
- ^ "Meet Marie Henein, Jian Ghomeshi's lawyer". 20 October 2015.
- ^ "I'm a hockey God: Dave Frost". Calgary Herald. November 29, 2008.
- ^ The Toronto Sun, November 29, 2008.