Yaroslavl Lokomotiv terminated the contract with American striker Reed Boucher, who was previously sentenced to a suspended sentence for raping a minor, the press service of the KHL club reports.
“Hockey club “Lokomotiv” informs that cooperation with the forward of the main team Reed Boucher has been terminated. According to the Labor Code, the hockey player was fired from the club on February 18, 2022,” the message says.
Lokomotiv reacted to Bush's verdict for raping a girl The incident occurred in 2011, when Bush was 17 years old.
The hockey player and the victim were then engaged in the development program of the US national team and lived in the same house. Bush was threatened with 25 years in prison to life imprisonment, but the court decided to reclassify the article to a softer part of a plea agreement.
Boucher moved to Lokomotiv before the start of the season, and last season won the Gagarin Cup with Avangard Omsk. Boucher played in the NHL for New Jersey and Vancouver from 2013-2019.
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