Slava Voynov getting pardoned even after he served time for throwing his wife through a TV is why we still don't trust Patrick Kane (or Drew Doughty, or Semyon Varlamov, or Evander Kane) even after they were purportedly acquitted: the same law has never applied to athletes.
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Replying to @fozmeadows
Try to leave Doughty’s name out of your mouth. Try to follow the real abusers that were top 100 honorees like Bobby Hull. Prove your point with facts, know your history, don’t overextend what you feel as the truth bc it doesn’t make it so. Google Bobby Hull beats wives. Yes wives
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Replying to @YannettisBeard
I’m aware there are other abusers in the NHL. Look up the shit about Mario Lemieux. But the pattern you see in every case is that they get away with it. They get to keep playing sport, they get pardoned.
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Replying to @fozmeadows
Then use actual cases of NHL legends that are recognized today, not players that are as you say are “pardoned” but in reality had cases dismissed bc someone was full of shit. It ruins credibility, point is lost. I have been making the Hull post for awhile. Sadly NHL don’t care.
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Replying to @YannettisBeard
You keep missing the point. PKane’s case was dismissed for “lack of evidence,” too. What I’m saying is that rich athletes are pretty much always presumed innocent by the justice system, such that I can’t feel 100% easy with any player who’s been accused.
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Replying to @fozmeadows
I’m not missing anything. I am saying that sometimes cases are dismissed for valid reasons. Did you ever think that sometimes someone might actually file false claims against another person to try to take advantage? Not saying you are all wrong, just list names you can prove.
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Replying to @YannettisBeard
Can false allegations happen? Yes. Are false rape allegations higher than for any other crime? No, despite the perception of them as such. 0.3% of reported assaults are false. So while it’s possible Doughty was falsely accused, that would be a very rare scenario.
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Replying to @fozmeadows
Yes, that statistic is true for what population? Oh it’s not like everyone is a millionaire star athlete. Is it more likely to occur in that case, I’d say likely true. I wasn’t there, she had a great lawyer, it was investigated. You think Allred wouldn’t have taken it further?
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Replying to @YannettisBeard @fozmeadows
Anyways, I appreciate your view, I do. I get your point. I wish you all the best with your Avs. Keep up the good word, hopefully the NHL will do something about it.
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You too. I don’t have a beef with you believing him; I just wish the culture was such that I didn’t feel obliged to doubt.
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