Not defending his action but it is the lady who owns the pound of flesh not someone on the internet.I don't know if you have children but something like this a fear of most parents.Given that the incidence involved two minors it should have been handled between the parents of each with input from the professionals in the required fields. The thing is if they 6 months older it would have blown over in a couple of months. To make make clear she does own his testicles and I do expect there will a civil settlement between the two down the road. In the eyes of the law it was a $1600 fine which is quite a few steps lower of an offense compared to the multi decade imprisionment the team Canada accused players may face if convicted. The public embarrassment he will carry in his private life till the end. Yah gotta admit he has walked the line and how many kids would have crumbled?
First off, nobody asked for a pound of flesh that poster was saying a team that had 2 of the 5 players charged in the WJC fiasco shouldn't acquire another player with a questionable sexual past. I have 4 daughters and and there is no chance this "should have been handled between the parents" He broke her trust and the law, and should be held accountable for that not just grounded by his parents.
IMO he's lucky he didn't catch a distribution of child pornography charge seeing as that is exactly what he did if they were underage at the time. (Without looking into it I think I remember that she was 18 and he was under, which likely saved him from this)
I can't even imagine what you're trying to prove with the bolded line? Sounds like you feel bad for him and give him credit for being so strong?? That is ridiculous and I almost threw up just writing it.
