Confirmed with Link: Randy Lee to be arraigned in Buffalo court

[BonkTastic]

Perfect, next man up. I guess Melnyck can be the assistant GM, or maybe Alex Burrows.

In fairness, Alex Burrows might be a better hockey-ops exec than Lee.

It's a pretty damned low bar to clear.

 

[slamigo]

In fairness, Alex Burrows might be a better hockey-ops exec than Lee.

It's a pretty damned low bar to clear.

I like hockey and I already wear suits to work. Maybe I will give it a go?

 

[YouGotAStuGoing]

The additional charge — a violation and not a crime — involves the same complainant, a 19-year-old male hotel shuttle driver.
The new count of harassment has been filed under a different legal theory, the district attorney’s office told this newspaper. It was not able to provide additional details early Wednesday morning.

Ottawa Senators assistant GM Randy Lee faces new harassment charge

Hmmm. Different legal theory? I'm lost.

 

[ZekeA]

I am available heck I would even do it part time to save Melnyck some $$$$$$

 

[Cat Herder]

another charge for the exact same incident

Seems weird to have two similar charges being pursued

 

[Tuna99]

In fairness, Alex Burrows might be a better hockey-ops exec than Lee.

It's a pretty damned low bar to clear.

My guess is Burrows would be great in management - I think Ottawa should take a look at him.

 

[branch]

Jesus christ, just fire this clown already.

 

[slamigo]

Hmmm. Different legal theory? I'm lost.

Maybe this new legal theory moves away from the "uncool behaviour" premise to pursue the "WTF dude?" theory. Both are well documented legal tactics.

 

[topshelf15]

Ok so we know now Lee is gay??Nothing wrong with this,but I thought he was a family man with kids

 

[YouGotAStuGoing]

Ok so we know now Lee is gay??Nothing wrong with this,but I thought he was a family man with kids

We know nothing of his orientation. Could be gay, could be bi, could be straight and just making an inappropriate comment.

 

[Coors19]

Fire him. He's a distraction and will always be a distraction now.

 

[topshelf15]

We know nothing of his orientation. Could be gay, could be bi, could be straight and just making an inappropriate comment.

Makes sense,just a bad situation all around ...

 

[Cat Herder]

Jesus christ, just fire this clown already.

And if he is innocent???

 

[topshelf15]

And if he is innocent???

Then his false accuser needs to punished severely ...Far far too much of this crap going around these days

 

[Coors19]

And if he is innocent???

Doesn't matter. He put himself in that situation. He's apart of an NHL organization that works with young kids. He should be done. He'll forever have this hanging over him

 

[Qward]

I am not a lawyer, but googling for 5 minutes suggests you cannot sue in civil court for class 2 harassment, maybe the way driver wishes to pursue charges changes his ability to seek compensation later on?
Again, not a lawyer just speculating.

 

[BonkTastic]

Doesn't matter. He put himself in that situation.

So if he is innocent, then he should still be fired for "putting himself in that situation"??

What situation? Taking a shuttle to a hotel? I mean, the current situation doesn't sound great for Lee, but as a legal precedent, your post is the worst take in this entire thread. You are basically saying that even if he's innocent, he deserves to lose his job because he took a hotel shuttle.

Just awful.

 

[Coors19]

So if he is innocent, then he should still be fired for "putting himself in that situation"??

What situation? Taking a shuttle to a hotel? I mean, the current situation doesn't sound great for Lee, but as a legal precedent, your post is the worst take in this entire thread. You are basically saying that even if he's innocent, he deserves to lose his job because he took a hotel shuttle.

Just awful.

If he "just took a shuttle to the hotel" he wouldn't be in court on July 6th.
Anyone that works or plays at a high level is held to a higher standard. Why would you want a guy in your organization who's job is to work with young kids, have this over them. All im saying is that with everything that Ottawa is going through, they are better off to cut ties with the guy like they did with Hoffman. Start fresh with someone new.

 

[Qward]

So if he is innocent, then he should still be fired for "putting himself in that situation"??

What situation? Taking a shuttle to a hotel? I mean, the current situation doesn't sound great for Lee, but as a legal precedent, your post is the worst take in this entire thread. You are basically saying that even if he's innocent, he deserves to lose his job because he took a hotel shuttle.

Just awful.

I would say that he should have used an Uber, but we know how Melnyk feels about Ubers.

 

[Qward]

If he "just took a shuttle to the hotel" he wouldn't be in court on July 6th.
Anyone that works or plays at a high level is held to a higher standard. Why would you want a guy in your organization who's job is to work with young kids, have this over them. All im saying is that with everything that Ottawa is going through, they are better off to cut ties with the guy like they did with Hoffman. Start fresh with someone new.

18 makes you a legal adult.

 

[topshelf15]

So if he is innocent, then he should still be fired for "putting himself in that situation"??

What situation? Taking a shuttle to a hotel? I mean, the current situation doesn't sound great for Lee, but as a legal precedent, your post is the worst take in this entire thread. You are basically saying that even if he's innocent, he deserves to lose his job because he took a hotel shuttle.

Just awful.

Like I said before if he is found innocent ,then the law must make the accuser liable for damages...To their full extent ....Way too many BS accusers that get off scott free after trashing someone elses life through misuse of the legal system

 

[Six Assets]

I would say that he should have used an Uber, but we know how Melnyk feels about Ubers.

the karlsson/melnyk/uber story was fake btw

 

[topshelf15]

the karlsson/melnyk/uber story was fake btw

Sometimes ,I think we may have been better off without the interent,or cell phones.....Far far too easy for the stupid that is the entire human race to show itself,and to give comentary

 

[BonkTastic]

Anyone that works or plays at a high level is held to a higher standard.

A higher standard... Which prevents them from taking a hotel shuttle?

No. I'm sorry. This is a terrible take. Players coaches and hockey ops people have been taking hotel shuttles for decades. To think that Randy Lee is the one guy who should have avoided taking a hotel shuttle when there is decades of precedence of people in the league taking hotel shuttles with no incidents at all is preposterous.

I mean, if Randy Lee did anything wrong, it's allegedly assaulting someone. It's not taking a goddamned hotel shuttle.

This is the dumbest argument I've had on this site in months. It's so wrong that I'm shocked that I'm even involved in it in the first place.

 

[Qward]

Like I said before if he is found innocent ,then the law must make the accuser liable for damages...To their full extent ....Way too many BS accusers that get off scott free after trashing someone elses life through misuse of the legal system

The 19 year old driver has not gone to the public. He didn't tweet it, facebook it, sell his story to TMZ, he filed a police report based on the suggestion of the hotel security.
The DA decided to have an interview with the press to ensure that wild speculation was left out of this and to ensure Lee's reputation was not tarnished.
Looks like that didn't work out.

What is your base level for going after the accuser? Lee can get out of his whole situation unscathed but that doesn't mean it didn't happen.