Kyle Seaside has stepped ahead as John Doe 1 within the Chicago Blackhawks’ sexual assault investigation.
Seaside appeared on TSN’s SportsCentre on Wednesday night time to establish himself as the primary accuser of former Blackhawks’ video coach Brad Aldrich.
He had been named John Doe 1 in courtroom paperwork associated to the sexual assaults in 2010.
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Seaside, from North Vancouver, B.C., was chosen eleventh total within the 2008 draft by Chicago.
He by no means performed within the NHL however was a so-called Black Ace for Chicago in 2010, practising with the group frequently in case the group wanted a alternative participant if one other participant was injured.
The Blackhawks employed Jenner & Block to conduct what they referred to as an unbiased assessment in response to 2 lawsuits filed in opposition to the franchise, together with one filed by Seaside.
In accordance with the report, the encounter between the 20-year-old Doe — now self-identified as Seaside — and Aldrich, then 27, occurred on Could 8 or 9 in 2010.
Seaside instructed investigators that Aldrich threatened him with a memento baseball bat earlier than forcibly performing oral intercourse on him and masturbating, allegations that he additionally detailed in his lawsuit.
Seaside instructed TSN that he had his profession threatened within the days after the assault, and confronted homophobic slurs from different gamers within the locker room after phrase “unfold fairly fast” via the group.
“I felt like I used to be alone and there was nothing I might do and no person I might flip to for assist,” he stated. “And I didn’t know what to do as a 20-year-old.
“I might by no means dream, or you may by no means think about being put on this state of affairs by anyone who’s alleged to be there that will help you and to make you a greater hockey participant and a greater individual and proceed to construct your profession.”
Aldrich left the Blackhawks after the 2009-10 season. He’s additionally accused of later assaulting a 16-year-old scholar of his in Michigan in 2013.
On Tuesday, Blackhawks normal supervisor Stan Bowman stepped down following the discharge of the unbiased report, saying he didn’t need to be a distraction for the group.
Group CEO Danny Wirtz referred to as the report “each disturbing and troublesome to learn,” and the NHL fined the group $2 million for mishandling the accusations.
–With information from World Information
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