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NWOBHM forever \m/
But if the case goes to court it becomes public matter and he will be identified? No?If and when he wants to be.
But if the case goes to court it becomes public matter and he will be identified? No?If and when he wants to be.
My guess is John Doe is gay. That’s the leverage Aldrich had. I don’t think a video coach has enough pull to do that much on the hockey side.
But if the case goes to court it becomes public matter and he will be identified? No?
Another thought that came to mind when discussing this elsewhere:
You can say all you want what you would do if you were in this player's situation, but the reality is you have no idea. In his shoes, there's every chance you'd have ended up doing the exact same thing regardless of what you intended to do. And if you think that bullshit, there's a good chance you've never committed yourself as long and as hard to anything and made it as much of your personal identity as an NHL player has to in order to make it to the league.
Basically, when people are put under extreme pressure, they often act in ways that even surprise themselves. That's actually a big part of the damage sexual assault and rape cause. People tell themselves "I'd fight back. I wouldn't let that happen to me", but then it happens and in the moment they freeze or they panic. Then afterwards they hate themselves for not living up to their own expecations, and they end up blaming themselves for what happened.
The other thing to consider is that if your career isn't enough to comply with unwanted sexual advances, chances are there may be something else that could. Like threatening harm to your family, for example. Everyone has their weak or blind spots and attackers like this are experts at finding and exploiting those. Maybe in a vacuum of you, your job and an attacker, you would stand up and fight, but what if the threat was related to your child or spouse.
It's not the best like-for-like analogy, I agree, as additional context would be needed - like an accomplice with access to the family. The point being, most people will likely have something that can be exploited by a manipulative predator, it's just about them figuring out what it is and how to exploit it.I totally agree with your point, but it's not even a great analogy. If someone was threatening your family, attacking them might actually be the best option. But in this case, any decision other than going along with it led to the potential loss of his career.
What did he blackmail him about then?
I just have a feeling there is more to that story.We know for sure he threatened him with actual bodily harm (with a baseball bat in his hand at the time) and the ruination of his NHL dream. Why does there need to be more than that?
I disagree. But I understand from a brand perspective.There is absolutely nothing wrong with that name or logo.
Anyone think Graves and Risto aren't that far off?
Ryan Graves sucksGraves is 10x the player Risto is.
Sakic got hosed on that deal.
Lol, you cannot be serious?Graves is 10x the player Risto is.
Sakic got hosed on that deal.
Graves is 10x the player Risto is.
Sakic got hosed on that deal.
I just have a feeling there is more to that story.
I fail to see the issue about speculating about that case. Isn’t pretty much what we do 24/7 on HFBoards?No doubt there is but again I advise against speculation about the accuser’s sexual orientation.