David Frost, the former agent of jailed NHL player Mike Danton, was released on $10,000 bail after making an appearance in an Ontario court Wednesday morning to face sexual exploitation and assault charges involving teenagers.

Frost was granted bail under a number of conditions, including reporting to police once a week. His next court appearance is scheduled for Sept. 19.

Former NHL agent David Frost is led into court in Napanee by Ontario Provincial Police officers.
(Fred Chartrand/Canadian Press)

Frost, 39, appeared in a Napanee court following his arrest Tuesday by Ontario Provincial Police. He was charged with 12 counts of sexual exploitation and one count of assault in connection with incidents involving four boys and three girls, who ranged in age from 14 to 16.

The charges relate to incidents that allegedly occurred between 1995 and 2001 in the Deseronto and Napanee area of eastern Ontario and came following a two-year investigation by the OPP.

Police refused to say if the alleged victims, whose identities are protected by a publication ban, were involved in hockey.

"Innocent, innocent," Frost shouted to reporters as he climbed into his lawyer's car after the court proceedings.

Frost's name has been in the headlines over the past two years for his relationship with Danton, a Brampton, Ont., native and former St. Louis Blues forward who was sentenced to 7½ years in a U.S. federal prison in November 2004 for plotting to have Frost killed.

Frost, who resigned as an NHL agent last December, has denied he was the intended target of the murder-for-hire plot.

Despite his conviction, Danton has continued to defend Frost.

Danton's relationship with Frost led the former NHLer to become estranged with his parents. He officially changed his last name to Danton in 2002 and cut off all communication with his family.

Before becoming a player agent, Frost spent several years coaching minor and junior hockey.

His tenure as a bench boss was not without controversy, however, as he pleaded guilty to assault charges and was banned by the Ontario Hockey Association and suspended by the Metropolitan Toronto Hockey League (now known as the Greater Toronto Hockey League) within a four-season span.