Player Discussion Milan Lucic (Trial date 2/16)- Charges DROPPED-will NOT return this season.

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Police report reveals details of Bruins winger Milan Lucic's arrest

Newly obtained records from the Boston Police Department reveal details from the arrest of Boston Bruins veteran forward Milan Lucic following a domestic incident.

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[Gee Wally]

Bruins' Milan Lucic entering NHL's player assistance program following arrest

The Boston Bruins say veteran forward Milan Lucic is entering the NHL/NHLPA player assistance program following his arrest over the weekend for assaulting his wife. “The Boston Bruins have been in communication with the Lucic family, offering our support and assistance. The organization is...

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[Gee Wally]

Today is supposedly Lucic’s scheduled hearing day.
For that reason I’m bumping this up. But it will remain locked unless something news worthy/ update occurs.

 

[Gee Wally]

So much for that. It’s going to trial per WBZ

 

[Gee Wally]

Thanks Ali for additional info..

Trial date set in Milan Lucic's domestic assault case

A trial date was set Friday in the domestic assault case against veteran Boston Bruins forward Milan Lucic. Lucic, 35, was arrested in November of 2023 for assault and battery on an intimate partner following an incident at his Boston apartment and pleaded not guilty at his arraignment several...

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l date was set Friday in the domestic assault case against veteran Boston Bruins forward Milan Lucic.

Lucic, 35, was arrested in November of 2023 for assault and battery on an intimate partner following an incident at his Boston apartment and pleaded not guilty at his arraignment several days later. He has been on an indefinite leave of absence from the team since that time.

At a pretrial hearing on Friday, Lucic's attorney requested a bench trial, waiving his client's right to a jury trial. The judge set the trial date as Feb. 16, at 9 a.m. Lucic, who remains free on personal recognizance bail, appeared remotely at Friday's hearing via a Zoom call and didn't speak other than to test his microphone for courtroom officials.

According to a police report provided to NBC10 Boston by sources, officers responded to Lucic's residence in the early morning hours of Nov. 18 after a woman called 911 saying her husband had attempted to choke her. Police said the woman later identified her husband as Lucic.



Although the maximum penalty Lucic faces is 2-1/2 years in prison and a $5,000 fine, NBC10 Boston legal analyst Michael Coyne has said it likely won’t come to that.

“Since it is a close family member, what often times happens is they reconcile, move to counseling and the witness doesn’t testify," he said.

 

[Gee Wally]

if there are any updates they will be posted.

 

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Wife of Bruins forward Milan Lucic declines to testify in domestic violence trial - The Boston Globe

Defense attorney Gary G. Pelletier told a judge Friday that Brittany Lucic was invoking her marital privilege and would not testify in the criminal case against her husband, Milan Lucic.

www.bostonglobe.com

The wife of Boston Bruins forward Milan Lucic declined to testify against her husband in a Boston courtroom Friday, likely weakening the criminal domestic violence prosecution that stems from an alleged altercation between the couple in their North End condo last fall.

Brittany Lucic, who made a 911 call to Boston police around 1 a.m. on Nov. 18, 2023, invoked her marital privilege in Boston Municipal Court, where the 35-year-old Lucic was scheduled to be face trial on a single count of assault and battery on a family member, a misdemeanor.

With Milan Lucic in the courtroom, Suffolk Assistant District Attorney Samuel Jones notified Judge Paul M. Treseler Friday that his witness list contained just two names and both were Boston police officers.

In lieu of testimony from Brittany Lucic, Jones was playing a recording of the 911 call she made on Nov. 18.

Defense attorney Gary G. Pelletier told the judge that Brittany Lucic was invoking her marital privilege and would not testify in the criminal case.

Milan Lucic, who has been on indefinite leave from the Bruins since his arrest, pleaded not guilty in Boston Municipal Court last fall and was released on personal recognizance.

On Nov. 18, 2023, Lucic allegedly pulled his wife by the hair and tried to choke her during an argument after he returned home from a night out and couldn’t find his phone, according to a police report.

Lucic’s wife called 911 around 1 a.m. and officers met her in the lobby of their Battery Street building. She told officers that after Lucic returned home, he “began yelling at her, demanding his phone back, believing she had hidden the phone,” according to the report.

She told Lucic she didn’t have his phone or know where it was and walked away from him. He then “grabbed her by the hair and pulled her backwards,” police wrote. “She stated that in doing so, the suspect stated to her that she was not going anywhere.”

An officer “observed redness” on her chest and asked her if Lucic had “attempted to strangle her during the incident. She stated he did not,” police wrote.

During her 911 call, she said Lucic had “attempted to choke her,” according to the report. She declined medical attention and was provided with information about her right to a restraining order under the state’s domestic violence protection law, police wrote.

After speaking with Lucic’s wife, officers went to the apartment and spoke with Lucic, who “appeared intoxicated when he answered the door,” police wrote.

“He stated to officers nothing happened and did not provide an explanation,” the report said.

Lucic was arrested without incident.

 

[Mr. Make-Believe]

Looks like the charges have been dropped

https://www.wcvb.com/article/boston-bruins-milan-lucic-assault-court-trial-911-call-case-dropped/46815651#:~:text=Prosecutors%20dropped%20their%20domestic%20assault,her%20911%20call%20was%20inadmissible.

From the article:
"Prosecutors dropped their domestic assault case against Milan Lucic, a veteran forward for the Boston Bruins, after revealing that his wife refused to testify and a judge ruled that her 911 call was inadmissible."

 

[Gee Wally]

 

[Gee Wally]

We will now reopen this thread for disc and any further updates.

But with this warning - NO personal shots and NO moral compass debates.

Or ‘you’ will be removed.

 

[Donnie Shulzhoffer]

Wow!!!!

 

[Gee Wally]

 

[neelynugs]

best of luck to milan and his family. i hope for the best for all of them.

 

[Alicat]

The Bruins need to cut him and move on. Having him on the team would be an unnecessary distraction and would not be looked at kindly by female Bruins fans.

I hope he and his family are continuing to get the help they need to work through everything.

 

[NDiesel]

I get the want to have him back, as I was ecstatic at the prospect of watching him this year. But I think he has a lot more to do to earn another shot.

On the flip side if his wife, teammates, management think he deserves another chance then I suppose who am I to argue it.

 

[Ladyfan]

It will be interesting to see what they do.

I wish the very best for Milan and his family.

I cannot help but hope he comes back. IMO he is just what the team needs. It probably will not happen though.

From where I sit and hear the coach and team would like him back.

 

[UConn126]

Will be interesting to see how this is handled by the team. The charges being dropped doesn't change my opinion of the player, but if his wife feels good enough about the progress he's made in the player assistance program that she doesn't want to testify then maybe that's a green light to give him another chance. Unfortunately we have no way of knowing if that's why she opted not to testify.

 

[LSCII]

Sad to hear his wife refused to testify so they’re not going to hold him accountable for his actions. I get it but it doesn’t make him address whatever issues he has. Hope they all figure it out, but do not let him near this team going forward. Too much of a distraction.

 

[The don godfather]

So welcome back milan? Dont wanna get blasted here .

 

[KnightofBoston]

Not a surprising outcome at all


From a fan perspective, it's hard not to feel that the Bruins entire mentality would be different this season if Lucic did not engage in such garbage

From a human perspective, this was the wake up call he needed, he clearly has a substance abuse and anger issue he needs to get in order. Hockey shouldn't even be on his mind right now. Gotta do the work. No "Ill change" and then backslide weeks later like so many in abusive relationships do

 

[caz16]

I am all for second chances if the effort is made and he is getting help and admitting there is a problem. I suspect this has gone on for many years, not just a single incident. Victims go back to their abusers most of the time. It makes me nervous though since he pleaded not guilty and now the charges are dropped. For me, it seems to be a no win situation with the Bruins.

 

[McGarnagle]

Suit him up!

 

[NeelyDan]

So long as he is genuinely repentant and has tangible plans in place to address work needing to be done, plans that are in alignment with what his wife feels is best as well, then he can come back tomorrow as far as I am concerned