Tyler King, the former Okotoks Oilers assistant general manager charged this week with child sexual exploitation offences, also has outstanding domestic-related charges in Alberta, court records show.
The charges, which include allegations of choking, are at warrant status. They relate to incidents dated November 2025 in Calgary and July 2026 in Bowden, the Calgary Herald reported. Police said King will be returned to Alberta to face the newest allegations.
RCMP announced on Monday that King, 39, was charged with three counts of luring a person under 18, as well as sexual exploitation and making child pornography. Mounties said he was arrested last Friday in southeastern Ontario while crossing into Canada from New York State.
The domestic allegations
Court records show the Calgary case concerns an incident on Nov. 25, 2025, in which King is accused of choking another person. The file was placed in Calgary domestic court, which indicates the complainant was in a domestic relationship with him.
He was later charged with two counts of failing to comply with release conditions between Feb. 11 and April 9. The records link those counts to missing court and not reporting to probation.
The records also show he is accused of assaulting the same named person on July 16 and 17. Those charges are assault by choking, common assault, threatening an assault with a baseball bat, two counts of uttering threats and mischief to property.
The exploitation case
The RCMP charges stem from King's time with the Junior A team south of Calgary, from 2021 to 2024. Police said the three complainants were all under 18 at the time and were junior A players from Saskatchewan and Alberta.
RCMP said an Oilers employee reported concerns in June 2024. Global News reported that the report alleged a former staff member was soliciting and compensating players for intimate videos and pictures.
Brent Lauinger, chairman and governor of the Oilers, said the team did not know of the allegations while King was with the organization. "After his departure, we received information that, while unverified at the time, raised enough concern that we felt it needed a closer look," Lauinger said. The team passed the information to the RCMP.
King later worked for the Nanaimo Clippers, hired in June 2024 as vice-president of business operations. Cpl. Dan Campbell said the Clippers were likely not aware of the allegations at the time. Police said there may be more victims in B.C., Saskatchewan, Ontario, Fort McMurray and Brooks, and the number remains unclear.
King was a communications professor at SUNY Oswego in New York when he was arrested. The university said in an emailed statement that it is co-ordinating with law enforcement. RCMP said the investigation is ongoing and urged any victims to contact police.
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