Boston Bruins ahead Milan Lucic may have home violence expenses 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 leave of absence from the staff again in November because of the alleged incident, and was arrested the subsequent day. Information got here out that he appeared intoxicated when he returned dwelling on Nov. 17, and reportedly choked his spouse, Brittany. She said 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 apartment because of this incident,” Assistant District Lawyer Samuel Jones argued this morning. “Later on, she says that she’s not going to go back to the apartment because her husband put his hands around her neck and she’s scared of that.”
The decide dominated that the 911 name positioned by Lucic’s spouse was inadmissible, and his legal professional stated that the decision did not say that the ahead was a suspect. The legal professional additionally alleges that Lucic’s spouse appeared like she was intoxicated when she made the decision, thus doubtlessly fabricating the entire story, and stated 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 staff 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.
