Boston Bruins ahead Milan Lucic can have home violence costs towards him dropped attributable to his spouse refusing to testify towards him. He will probably be launched on private recognizance bail.
Lucic took an indefinite go away of absence from the crew again in November as a result of alleged incident, and was arrested the subsequent day. Information got here out that he appeared intoxicated when he returned house on Nov. 17, and reportedly choked his spouse, Brittany. She mentioned to the responding officers that he tried to tug her hair, however didn’t say she was choked.
“She is crying, she’s distressed. She says that she ran from her condominium due to this incident,” Assistant District Legal professional Samuel Jones argued this morning. “In a while, she says that she’s not going to return to the condominium as a result of her husband put his palms round her neck and she or he’s fearful of that.”
The decide dominated that the 911 name positioned by Lucic’s spouse was inadmissible, and his legal professional mentioned that the decision did not say that the ahead was a suspect. The legal professional additionally alleges that Lucic’s spouse gave the impression of she was intoxicated when she made the decision, thus doubtlessly fabricating the entire story, and mentioned that if she was choked, she would have had markings on her neck, which ought to have been extra apparent to the primary responders.
Lucic was a member of the Bruins crew that gained the Stanley Cup in 2011. After the 2014-15 season, he was traded to the Kings. He has additionally performed with the Oilers and the Flames earlier than making his manner again to Boston this 12 months. In 4 appearances, he has two factors this season.
