Confirmed with Link: Carter Hart Officially Charged With One Count Of Sexual Assault (Per His Lawyers); Non-roster, salary cap info in OP

[bennysflyers16]

80's movies are rife with sexual assault. Dont get me started on Sixteen Candles lol

What’s a happening Hot Stuff !

 

[Rebels57]

I’m sure the team knew this was coming to,
We all know in their silly ways they are trying to win.

Why was Hart playing last few games when he knew he was essentially f***ed.

Might as well get as many starts as they could out of him knowing they have to ride Ersson until he's dust the rest of the season.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

I grew up there as well, I definitely heard of girls at that time getting trains ran on them but at the time it was framed as consensual & nothing ever came of it but in hindsight that’s tough to say whether that’s true or not. Someone would probably be more willing to sound the alarm on that now opposed to then if it wasn’t consensual.

This was around the mid to late 2000’s. It might not seem like too long ago but a lot has certainly changed since then society wise on top of looking through a teenage lens at that time.

One thing I will say that regularly happened when I was high school that nothing really happened back then but kids now a days get in a lot of trouble for is sending out nude pictures of girls.

Granted it was the earlier stages of social media & smart phones so it was probably harder to track & schools/law enforcement probably didn’t even know how to handle it at that point even if they wanted to.

 

[Embiid]

I’m sure the team knew this was coming to,
We all know in their silly ways they are trying to win.

Why was Hart playing last few games when he knew he was essentially f***ed.

Torts trying to brain hack again...

 

[mja]

Grew up in Northeast Philly where just about everyone was drunk and or high 100% of the time every weekend starting at like 15 years old, and never once heard of this type of thing happening. Anyone trying to normalize it is wrong.

I can't even wrap my head around it.

 

[BringBackHakstol]

I'm very curious to learn more details of course but also more about the timeline. It seems all teams in question handled this the same way, but if they essentially knew that Hart was very likely involved in this, kind of off putting that they just continue to suit him this season

 

[Beef Invictus]

Matt Araiza? Trevor Bauer? Both very recent. Both lost their jobs and were torched in social media over false allegations.

There is no evidence that is the case here. Let's not libel the woman.

 

[VladDrag]

Unless you've got firm evidence of a massive systemic conspiracy against the accused players, let's not bring up the possibility.

I know you made this red to stand out, but just know for people who are red and green colorblind, it's harder to read. FYI.

 

[Ghosts Beer]

Stranger things have happened. And he’s certainly entitled to due process in the actual courts.

In the court of public opinion though, that’s a different story. And given how things have played out, with hockey canada paying off the victim, forcing her to sign an NDA trying to silence her, etc. I certainly think it’s more than likely (i might even say overwhelmingly likely) that the victim’s version of events is accurate.

Whether that can be proven beyond a reasonable doubt (or whatever the equivalent standard in canadian courts) could be a different matter.

But unless they’re fully exonerated, I’d have a hard time seeing any of these 5 on my favorite team, let alone rooting for them.

I don't know. The fact that it has taken over 5 years to bring charges makes me wonder. That is not what tends to happen when there's clear and convincing evidence of a crime.

That said, I would not be surprised to see teams seek to void these players' contracts. It is not a situation you want attached to your team.

 

[Beef Invictus]

I know you made this red to stand out, but just know for people who are red and green colorblind, it's harder to read. FYI.

Ah damnit. Correct.

 

[wankstifier]

I know you made this red to stand out, but just know for people who are red and green colorblind, it's harder to read. FYI.

Tricky in dark mode as well

 

[BringBackHakstol]

I don't know. The fact that it has taken over 5 years to bring charges makes me wonder. That is not what tends to happen when there's clear and convincing evidence of a crime.

That said, I would not be surprised to see teams seek to void these players' contracts. It is not a situation you want attached to your team.

I'm sure exactly zero people here are surprised you are the one "wondering" about this

 

[Ghosts Beer]

There is no evidence that is the case here. Let's not libel the woman.

I'm not libeling anyone by citing factual examples of recent cases that should remind people not to leap to conclusions of guilt.

 

[Beef Invictus]

I don't know. The fact that it has taken over 5 years to bring charges makes me wonder. That is not what tends to happen when there's clear and convincing evidence of a crime.

That said, I would not be surprised to see teams seek to void these players' contracts. It is not a situation you want attached to your team.

Complex sexual assault cases can commonly take years to resolve.

 

[Sombastate]

The Flyers have put together the best goalie prospect pool since Blackhawks had Belfour/Hasek/Joseph.

You don't do that with Canada's best U25 goalie and your crease solved for the next decade. There's too much smoke here to not be fire.

Look, hart is my favorite player, only current jersey I have. And maybe I'm just expecting the worst so that if it happens it's easier to stomach. but this looks bad.

 

[mr figgles]

I know you made this red to stand out, but just know for people who are red and green colorblind, it's harder to read. FYI.

I‘m red and green colorblind, and I read it just fine.

 

[Beef Invictus]

I'm not libeling anyone by citing factual examples of recent cases that should remind people not to leap to conclusions of guilt.

And I'm reminding you, who has a "rich" history of misogyny, that always assuming and insinuating that women are lying without evidence isn't welcome or productive. You are making very specific comparisons. We were not allowing premature accusations against Hart. We will not allow the same towards the woman.

This is gonna be the end of it. I'll start cleaning going forward.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

*wellthereitis.gif*

 

[JojoTheWhale]

The Turn™ comes to every thread eventually.

 

[Gregor Samsa]

What kind of guy would want to take part in a train anyway? Seems weird to me

 

[DancingPanther]

As someone 1° away from multiple sexually assaulted women, I'm glad I can't see some of these posts. It's for my own good as a poster on this site.

 

[Tripod]

Am I wrong in seeing that 5 NHL guys have asked for leave of absence...but also Alex F got one from Swiss team.

So 6

 

[freakydallas13]

*wellthereitis.gif*

 

[Beef Invictus]

The Turn™ comes to every thread eventually.

I for one am very confident and positive that we can move on without shifting the focus to the victim, as it is very possible to optimistically state that perhaps Hart can be absolved without also insinuating the victim or judicial system could be lying.

 

[Tripod]

What kind of guy would want to take part in a train anyway? Seems weird to me

Not weird.....revolting