Reid Boucher pleads guilty to sex crime involving 12 year old

[tarheelhockey]

Wonder if other survivors will come forward now.

Yikes.

 

[Eisen]

Blackmailing someone for sexual favours still seems to be a trivial offence. At age 17, you should know that's not OK.

 

[Chainshot]

Hope they throw the book at him, even if they've already - foolishly - negotiated down the charge. Hope she gains some closure and healing going forward.

 

[Fantomas]

Sickening as it may be, he won't even have to serve time.

He'll probably be on the sex offender registry, no? That's a pretty big deal.

 

[Captain3rdLine]

Not trying to downplay what the victim went through by any means, but it seems to me that the cover-up by USA Hockey is the bigger story here.

It’s not a big story because there’s nothing or no one actually saying they knew about it and covered it up. Just speculation and a bunch of random people talking about it on here like they know that they did. Where is this coming from?

 

[Tao Jersey Jones]

Wonder if other survivors will come forward now.

Since the original tweet from 2019 has been deleted, here is the account.

 

[Number8]

This is referring to another prospect the Devil's drafted around tye same time, Ben Johnson, who also raped someone (or rather, two people) not Reid Boucher

Thank you. I misread that. Devil’s drafting around that time scored poorly on character ratings it seems. Yikes.

 

[belair]

I'm confused why the US Hockey and Devils organization are being thrown under the bus.

In one of the articles I read that the victim took until now to bring this to light. So there was no accusation at the time, you'd have to assume. He was removed from the billet home, that's it.

 

[Kahvi]

He'll probably be on the sex offender registry, no? That's a pretty big deal.

Based on the Detroit Free Press story from yesterday, he won't be because of that HYTA program
Survivor 'disgusted' as ex-NHL player gets deal in sex assault case

However, during the December hearing, Circuit Judge Patrick Conlin agreed to let Boucher enter a plea for the lesser charge and agreed to sentence him with no upfront jail time through the Holmes Youthful Trainee Act, or HYTA. Under HYTA, the case won’t appear on Boucher’s public record if he successfully completes his sentence.

Hopefully this can still be changed

 

[Kahvi]

Blackmailing someone for sexual favours still seems to be a trivial offence. At age 17, you should know that's not OK.

And the victim was 12 years old. 12 year olds are children. He sexually assaulted a child. And looks like he doesn't get any real punisment

 

[Fantomas]

Based on the Detroit Free Press story from yesterday, he won't be because of that HYTA program
Survivor 'disgusted' as ex-NHL player gets deal in sex assault case

That's really shocking.

 

[Nineteen67]

We can no longer coverup these stories and we certainly cannot let the folks that want to normalize this behavior get their wishes.

 

[William H Bonney]

Scumbag. Hopefully he's out of hockey permanently. C'mon KHL, cut him loose.

Also, if anyone in USAH helped cover anything up or keep it quiet, they should be done, too.

 

[I am toxic]

Moved him to another billet family?

Yeah, the catholic church moved pedophiles around so they could enable child rapists.

Well done US Hockey.

And by well done, I mean eff you. Gosh, there isn't anymore room for nails in the coffin of hockey's culture problem.

 

[Captain3rdLine]

Moved him to another billet family?

Yeah, the catholic church moved pedophiles around so they could enable child rapists.

Well done US Hockey.

And by well done, I mean eff you. Gosh, there isn't anymore room for nails in the coffin of hockey's culture problem.

Do you realize how common that is in junior hockey? Literally happens all the time.

 

[MarkusKetterer]

Do you realize how common that is in junior hockey? Literally happens all the time.

You mean moving billet families, and not blackmailing kids, right? Because if it’s the former, yes. I knew billet families who would take players, then move them somewhere else because of life things (vacations, work etc.), or they were just temporary ones (basically take people after trades, or during training camps until a permanent billet is found). If it’s the latter, I’m fairly sure it’s not.

 

[Captain3rdLine]

You mean moving billet families, and not blackmailing kids, right? Because if it’s the former, yes. I knew billet families who would take players, then move them somewhere else because of life things (vacations, work etc.), or they were just temporary ones (basically take people after trades, or during training camps until a permanent billet is found). If it’s the latter, I’m fairly sure it’s not.

I meant the billet families part. Kids get moved from billet houses all of the time for a ton of different reasons. Some times it’s the smallest issues some times it’s the billet or the player asking for it or sometimes it’s just situational thing.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Since the original tweet from 2019 has been deleted, here is the account.

What an absolute piece of shit

 

[Voight]

I just dont understand how this is something you would want. Like if you're 17 and you want that kind of stuff... does it not make you feel bad when you get it from a. 12 year old? I know when I was that age I wasn't looking to get stuff like that from girls 5 years younger than me who aren't even teenagers yet.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Dude gets off SCOTT FREE.

He blackmailed a 12 year old for sexual favors as a 17 year old. Even if he was young, it's hard to imagine him being much different now if he's never once tried to reconcile with the victim. What a shame.

Not to mention US hockey just sweeping it under the rug like it's no big deal.

I'm not sure who I'm more disgusted by - Boucher for what he did, or USA Hockey and hockey organizations in general (you know they're not the only one who does this sort of thing) for ignoring/sweeping it under the rug.

 

[nowhereman]

There's a lot of finger-pointing at USA Hockey (and the Devils) but has it been confirmed how much they knew at the time? Everything seems a bit muddy and unclear, from what I've read. Was there an initial police investigation? Was it the family who came forward to USA Hockey?

If this was ignored, heads should roll. But I haven't been able to trace how much blame there is to go around. Either way, the whole thing is just tragically sickening.

 

[McOvechking]

This past December, however, Boucher pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of third-degree criminal sexual conduct involving sexual penetration with an individual between the ages of 13 and 16 years old.

The victim in this case, who was 12 years old at the time, says Boucher, who was 17 at the time, forced her into oral sex multiple times.

Absolute miscarriage of justice. He should never be allowed near children ever again.

 

[King'sPawn]

I just dont understand how this is something you would want. Like if you're 17 and you want that kind of stuff... does it not make you feel bad when you get it from a. 12 year old? I know when I was that age I wasn't looking to get stuff like that from girls 5 years younger than me who aren't even teenagers yet.

Usually sexual assault isn't about sex. It's about exerting power and control.

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

The culture of this sport is so f***ing gross.

 

[McOvechking]

The culture of this sport is so f***ing gross.

The culture of this sport, whatever shortcomings it has, is not to sexually abuse underaged girls.