Milbury to be charged with assault on 12 year-old boy

[JR Boucicaut 3791]

http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/12/16/nbc-hockey-announcer-mike-milbury-charged-with-assault-on-a-12-year-old-at-a-youth-hockey-game/

I'll wait for the full report. This could go either way.

[ArrogantOwl 7]

Milbury will counter sue and both parties will agree to drop the charges outside of court or something along those lines.

[wrangler 157]

Milbury will counter sue and both parties will agree to drop the charges outside of court or something along those lines.

It's a criminal charge.

[ArrogantOwl 7]

Then he'll get his kid to press assault charges.

[oldtrainerguy28 478]

Just stupid...why would you touch a 12 year old...???? grab the other teams coach then it would have already been over with now hes lost his job and a ton of respect from around the league!

[cemetery 14]

Wonder if the other kid brought his "Euro trash" game God I can't stand Millbury...

[wrangler 157]

Milbury will counter sue and both parties will agree to drop the charges outside of court or something along those lines.

Then he'll get his kid to press assault charges.

You mean Milbury's kid? I think if the police were going to charge the kid Milbury allegedly grabbed, they'd have done it already. It's up to them, not Milbury or his kid.

Why do you suggest this? I haven't seen any report that the altercation between the children was physical, or unusual in a hockey context. Have you seen other reports?

[Chadd 916]

Wrangler, don't feed the trolls

[wrangler 157]

OK, I thought maybe he heard something I didn't.

[ArrogantOwl 7]

I heard that it was because of an on-ice sort of event with his kind involved and I'm assuming was getting beaten so he jumped in.

This is the article I read.

http://espn.go.com/boston/nhl/story/_/id/7360120/ex-boston-bruins-player-mike-milbury-charged-assault-child

[L.F.O.D. 0]

What..Milbury ran his mouth, and got out of control? Well im am shocked!! LOL..

[hampshirepuck 2]

Probably charges will be reduced on a plea bargain...butttttt the jugde might look back on the rangers tape from 30 years ago and that could change things ha

[Tailboard Jockey 25]

I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop.

[fastmiele 59]

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/story/2011/12/16/sp-milbury.html

wow, this story is a little different from other reports I read. Previously I read that he got into an altercation with the kid outside of the arena. According to this story he grabbed the kid on the ice. Sure, he may be an assistant coach and I can understand why he may have got onto the ice, but it seems pretty dangerous to go onto the ice with no skates or any other protection. Imagine if the kid started kicking around with skates or tried to hit him his stick.

[skeeter14 0]

While I'm still on the fence a bit about this (reading initial stories, then Milbury's account this weekend), I can't help but think that this could have been avoided if Milbury had grabbed his own kid, while the other coach grabbed the kid who was harrassing Milbury's instead of the other way around. But I wasn't there and don't know how it all shook out.

[BenderHockey 127]

I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop.

I see what you did there, and I approve.

[chippa13 1844]

This could also be a money grab by the other kid's family. First you report an "assault" and then you ride the civil suit train to a nice settlement.

[JR Boucicaut 3791]

http://bostonglobe.com/sports/2011/12/18/mike-milbury-denies-assault-claims-son-was-targeted/giUFwYJJQ5wCDZNoI1i0sM/story.html

[wrangler 157]

Makes you wonder if the Brookline police acted simply to protect themselves from what the press might say, if they hadn't acted. It'll be interesting to see what happens at the preliminary hearing. The standard isn't that tough, so if Milbury isn't bound over for trial, it will have been a pretty weak case.

[bagsbie 8]

Milbury, or so young at heart that he still wants to mix it up on the ice with a 12-year old!

[jbss71 1]

Gotta be a video, hockey moms are weird. There was a camera rolling for sure.

[JR Boucicaut 3791]

We had a similar incident in town where a coach did the same thing, but it wasn't to break up a fight; it was to beat up the other kid. Slapped him around and shook him in the penalty box. Was arrested, really don't know where it went after that.

[chippa13 1844]

He probably wasn't a wealthy public figure so the arrest was probably the end of it.

[Harv 86]

Charges dropped...

http://blogs.thescore.com/nhl/2011/12/23/the-assault-and-battery-charges-against-mike-milbury-have-been-dropped/

[wrangler 157]

More like dismissed, since the prosecutor couldn't meet the probable cause standard, indicative of a very weak (or no) case. I'd suspect that the prosecutor would not have taken it this far if the case didn't have as high a profile, and didn't want it to look like preferential treatment. Prosecutors generally have way too many cases, and won't waste their time with clear losers.