Canucks owner facing major criminal allegations from his own children
The owner of the Vancouver Canucks, Francesco Aqualini, is in the news for all the wrong reasons right now. Tuesday evening, information came out that Aqualini is facing serious allegations from his own children.
As per Keith Fraser of The Vancouver Sun:
''Three of Francesco Aquilini's children, all of whom are now adults, have levelled 'serious' allegations that he abused them when they were younger, a lawyer for the Vancouver Canucks chairman and governor's former wife told a judge Tuesday.''
Fraser continued with the allegations (some details below include some graphic information):
''The children described abuse and inappropriate conduct by their dad, including alleged incidents of physical and psychological abuse, court heard.''
''In one incident, Aquilini allegedly beat one of his sleeping children and continued the beating after the child woke up.''
''One of his kids claimed to have seen him throw a five-year-old child across a room. A third allegation had him punching a child in the stomach, causing the child to cry.''
''In one incident, Aquilini allegedly beat one of his sleeping children and continued the beating after the child woke up.''
''One of his kids claimed to have seen him throw a five-year-old child across a room. A third allegation had him punching a child in the stomach, causing the child to cry.''
These allegations are extremely troubling but have not been proven true at this point. The NHL does have rules in place that would allow them to force a sale if they chose to based on the findings by the court.
The case continues to be heard and will hopefully find some resolution in the coming weeks.
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