Editing Calgary Stampede (section)

==== Sexual abuse class action lawsuit and settlement ====
In 2017, a [[Class action|class action lawsuit]] with over 70 class members was launched alleging that the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede Limited and the Calgary Stampede Foundation were negligent over their failure to alert police despite being aware of sexual abuse in The Young Canadians. In 2018, a staffer with The Young Canadians was criminally convicted and sentenced to 10 years in prison for sexually exploiting six members of the group between 1992 and 2014. In June 2023, the defendants reached a settlement in which they accepted liability and would pay all damages resulting from their negligence, with [[punitive damages]] to be determined later.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Villani |first=Mark |date=July 26, 2023 |title='We are deeply sorry': Calgary Stampede admits liability in decades-long sex assaults involving Young Canadians performers |work=[[CTV News]] |url=https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/we-are-deeply-sorry-calgary-stampede-admits-liability-in-decades-long-sex-assaults-involving-young-canadians-performers-1.6495227 |access-date=July 28, 2023}}</ref> In June 2024, the $9.5 million dollar settlement was approved by the [[Court of King's Bench of Alberta]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 28, 2024 |title=Calgary judge approves $9.5M settlement in Young Canadians abuse lawsuit |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-stampede-class-action-lawsuit-settlement-1.7250505 |access-date=July 4, 2024 |work=[[CBC News]] }}</ref>