On Friday, after filing a motion to use the 911 call from the night of the alleged assault, Milan Lucic’s case against the Boston Bruins veteran was dismissed by the prosecution.
The Bruins said in a statement shortly after Lucic’s court triumph that the player would not be returning from his indefinite leave of absence following his arrest.
The franchise claimed in a statement that The Associated Press was able to get, “Milan Lucic will remain on indefinite leave from the organization for the remainder of the 2023–24 season.” “Milan is supported by the Boston Bruins organization while he pursues his personal rehabilitation.”
The Bruins player got into a fight with his wife on November 18, 2023, and was charged with assault and violence.
On Friday, Lucic was present in the Boston courthouse. Invoking his spousal privilege to avoid testifying against her husband, Assistant District Attorney Samuel Jones’ wife declined to testify during that conversation and spoke with the 911 operator as a witness.
On Friday, the call was made when Lucic’s wife was in her building’s lobby, according to information presented in court.
According to police, the caller claimed that “her husband” had attempted to choke her and then claimed he couldn’t find his phone.
According to reports, Lucic pulled her back by her hair and remarked, “She wasn’t going anywhere.” Lucic seemed to be drunk, according to the responding officers.
The defense team for Lucic contended that the 911 call should not be allowed because, in the time it took her to go downstairs and make the call, she had enough time to manufacture her statement to the 911 operator.
The defense added that his wife told authorities that Lucic didn’t try to strangle her, despite the red marks that were discovered on her chest.
The Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office stated that without Lucic’s wife’s cooperation, which sometimes occurs in domestic abuse cases, its prosecutors did not think it was possible to prove the accusations beyond a reasonable doubt.