The Crown has dropped six sex charges and one assault charge against controversial hockey agent David Frost.
However, the 39-year-old Battersea, Ont. resident still faces six other charges of sexual exploitation. Those charges involved three teenage boys and a girl.
The victims were between 14 and 15 when the alleged offenses occurred. The date range for those alleged offense is set between 1995 and 2001.
Crown prosecutor Adam Zegouras told a court in Napanee that senior Crown lawyers made the decision after reviewing the evidence.
They decided there was insufficient evidence that Frost was in a position of trust or authority" when the alleged attacks occurred, he said.
The assault charge has been withdrawn because it's not as serious as the other offences, would have to be tried separately, and would not be in the "public interest" to purse the charge right now, Zegouras said.
Frost has previously proclaimed his innocence on all the charges. The Crown will present its evidence before a judge at a preliminary inquiry scheduled for May.
Frost became notorious as the object of a murder-for-hire plot by Mike Danton, a former client and former NHL player now serving time in prison.
In Dec. 2005, Frost resigned as an NHL player agent. He had a small client list.
With files from The Canadian Press
