{"id":929468,"date":"2021-10-27T17:45:04","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T21:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=929468"},"modified":"2021-10-27T17:45:05","modified_gmt":"2021-10-27T21:45:05","slug":"nhl-fines-chicago-blackhawks-2m-for-failing-to-follow-through-with-sexual-assault-allegations-against-an-assistant-coach-from-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nhl-fines-chicago-blackhawks-2m-for-failing-to-follow-through-with-sexual-assault-allegations-against-an-assistant-coach-from-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL fines Chicago Blackhawks $2M for failing to follow through with sexual assault allegations against an assistant coach from 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnhl-fines-chicago-blackhawks-2m-for-failing-to-follow-through-with-sexual-assault-allegations-against-an-assistant-coach-from-2010%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=929468&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2563043\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2563043\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blackhawks logo. (Photo by Tim Boyle\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 2:13 PM PT \u2013 Wednesday, October 27, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>The National Hockey League\u2019s Chicago Blackhawks general manager, Stan Bowman, has stepped down after reports revealed the team failed to follow through with an investigation into sexual assault allegations against a former assistant coach.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the NHL announced they were fining the Blackhawks $2 million for allegedly mishandling sexual assault allegations against former assistant coach Bradley Aldrich. A former player came out saying Aldrich sexually assaulted him and that the team failed to do anything about it after he informed one of their employees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is clear is that after being informed of Aldrich\u2019s alleged sexual harassment and misconduct with a player, no action was taken for three weeks,\u201d said the attorney investigating the case, Reid Schar.<\/p>\n<p>The Blackhawks organization released a statement from Bowman following his resignation that read, \u201celeven years ago, while serving in my first year as general manager, I was made aware of potential inappropriate behavior by a then-video coach involving a player. I promptly reported the matter to the then-president and CEO who committed to handling the matter. I relied on the direction of my superior that he would take appropriate action. Looking back now knowing he did not handle the matter promptly, I regret assuming he would do so.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Statement from Stan Bowman via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Blackhawks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Blackhawks<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0iOTUFcAhN\">pic.twitter.com\/0iOTUFcAhN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/frank_seravalli\/status\/1453071764788064256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The alleged victim, now being referred to as \u201cJohn Doe,\u201d is seeking more than $150,000 in damages.<\/p>\n<p>The attorney behind the investigation, Schar, said he\u2019s used to taking down corrupt politicians and is using his same tactics to tackle this case.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur investigation was independent and it was thorough. The Blackhawks directed us to all the facts wherever they led and that is exactly what we did,\u201d stated Schar. He said so far, he\u2019s examined 100 gigabytes of electronic records from 145 people, along with 49 boxes of hard copy records all pertaining to Aldrich.<\/p>\n<p>After the Blackhawks parted ways with Aldrich in 2010, he moved to Michigan where he would later be convicted of sexually assaulting a minor in 2013. CEO Danny Wirtz called the report disturbing and difficult to read.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is clear that in 2010, the executives of this organization put team performance above all else,\u201d said Wirtz.<\/p>\n<p>The former Blackhawks player said he\u2019s grateful the truth is now being recognized, despite the detriment he says was brought to his life over the past decade.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alec-baldwin-speaks-out-for-first-time-following-prop-gun-death\/\">Authorities: Too Early To Talk About Criminal Charges In Deadly \u2018Rust\u2019 Movie Set Shooting<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blackhawks logo. (Photo by Tim Boyle\/Getty Images) OAN NewsroomUPDATED 2:13 PM PT \u2013 Wednesday, October 27, 2021 The National Hockey League\u2019s Chicago Blackhawks general manager, Stan Bowman, has stepped down &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-929468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/929468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=929468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/929468\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=929468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=929468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=929468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}