Milan Lucic, a forward for the Boston Bruins, was not prosecuted with domestic abuse on Friday, according to the
prosecution, because his wife’s choice to claim marital privilege prevented them from establishing their case beyond
a reasonable doubt.
He won’t be coming back from his leave of absence this season, according to the Bruins.
The team released a statement saying, “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 prosecutors’ move to introduce 911 call information into evidence was turned down when Lucic’s wife decided
not to testify, they claimed, so terminating their legal case.
Prosecutors frequently deal with this scenario in cases involving accusations of domestic abuse. Suffolk County
District Attorney Kevin Hayden’s chief of communications, James Borghesani, said in a statement, “We handled this
case exactly as we would any other presenting a similar set of circumstances.”
A request for comment from Lucic’s attorney was not immediately answered. Lucic has been Following his arrest, the
6-foot-3, 236-pound native of Vancouver took an indefinite leave of absence from the team.
The 2011 Stanley Cup winner Boston Bruins player Lucic was detained on suspicion of assault and battery on a
family member, a charge that carries a maximum sentence of two and a half years in jail.
A Boston Police Department report states that after his wife reported that he attempted to choke her, Lucic seemed
drunk when detectives arrived at his North End apartment early on November 18. Although her husband had yanked
her hair, Brittany Lucic informed the responding police that he had not attempted to strangle her. She turned down a
medical treatment offer.
