Former Detroit Red Wing Butsayev Accused of Rape

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Yuri Butsayev was drafted in the 2nd round, 49th overall, by the Detroit Red Wings in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft. He was later traded to the Atlanta Thrashers. Currently, he plays for Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod in the KHL.

Translated by Google (not the greatest but you get the idea):

30-year-old striker Nizhegorodsky «Torpedo» Yuri Butsaev land in a very nasty history. In Finland, where avtozavodtsy spent the first predsezonny collection, he was arrested by local police on suspicion of rape and is now in prison.

The first bad news for the «case Butsaeva» were received late last week. History trickled in Finnish media, which claimed that the detained unnamed Russian hockey player, born in 1978 with the experience of playing in the NHL from the team, the collection in Finland. After a copybook investigation it became clear that Yuri Butsaev ideally suited for a description of the perpetrator. Moreover, a further indirect evidence. Butsaev - only from the whole team was not present at the meeting with the governor of the Nizhny Novgorod region Valery pioneer, which was held after his return from the Finnish torpedovtsev collection. That leaves very little doubt who sits at this moment in the Finnish prison.

But all attempts to find out anything in the «Torpedo», of course, failed. Head coach Eugene Popihin told «Soviet Sports» Friday night that the comment is nothing he can not. The fact that no Butsaeva at the meeting with the Governor of the player's mentor explained the disease, adding that the attacker is on the individual program ...

But yesterday the arrest Butsaeva confirmed the Russian Embassy in Finland.

- Ice hockey player arrested on suspicion of rape - told in an interview LIFE.ru vice-consul of the Embassy of Russian Federation Dmitry Suvorov. - Yuri is now in custody at the police station, city Lahti. - The situation is very serious. Judging by what measure of elected arrest, the authorities fear that Butsaev can escape punishment.

So what happened in the Finnish collection «Torpedo»? According to Finnish newspaper «Iltalehti», Russian hockey player two weeks ago, raped in town park Asikkala 25-year-old citizen of Suomi countries, whose name is still kept secret. Finns write that on the night of the residents of nearby houses heard the woman screaming and saw the suspect taschil sacrifice on the sand track.

– We have reason to think that the woman had used violence - leads the words Commissioner of Criminal Police of Finland Arto Melsya Finnish edition.

Finnish media reported that before this woman, and until then unknown to the player spent the evening at the restaurant «Kapros». Nearly two hours of the night a couple left the restaurant. One and a half hours later, saw them together, they entered the hotel «Tallukka», and FINCA, the administrator stated that she had been raped. Ice hockey player went in his room, where he was detained by the police. Same victim was taken to hospital where she was found injured. That's the whole story, which in the Nizhni Novgorod club has still not commented.

The leaders of our hockey as long stint in the commentary.

– I have already reported the incident - told last night «Soviet Sport» FHR president Vladislav Tretiak. - However, it is necessary to obtain more information. In the meantime, it's not, I have nothing concrete to say I can not.

– To tell the truth about this incident, I learned from the Internet, - confessed to the Vice-President Vladimir Shalaev KHL. - In the same place, by the way, and I read about how a rising star NHL, Patrick Kane beat a taxi driver. Nevertheless, consider my duty to communicate with the Nizhny Novgorod Club. Offer assistance, because of my profession - lawyer. But in «Torpedo» replied that assistance is not needed, razberutsya themselves ...

According to one of the friends of hockey player who wanted to remain unnamed, the whole story could eventually prove and misunderstanding. Lawyers are already working on the release of hockey player.

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