"A minor hockey coach in the London area has filed a $1.29M defamation lawsuit against a hockey parent who alleged several months ago that the coach threatened and «physically battered» his child during a practice.
'This is a case about an out-of-control hockey parent who openly bragged about ruining the career of a coach for failing to give his son sufficient ice time,' the coach's lawsuit said.
The hockey parent, who filed a $2M lawsuit in November against the coach, the hockey association and Hockey Canada, alleged the coach assaulted him in a dressing room in October and accused him of engaging in 'in obscene and/or despicable behaviour.'
The hockey parent also alleged the local hockey association retained an investigator who was 'incompetent, partial, unqualified and/or biased' and did not refer the case to police as it was obligated to do." - Rick Westhead