Hockey Player Guilty—but Only of 'Being an Asshole': Judge

Canadian Chris Doyle acquitted in assault trial
By Jane Yager,  Newser Staff
Posted Apr 12, 2010 7:26 AM CDT
Hockey Player Guilty—but Only of 'Being an Asshole': Judge
Canadian hockey player Chris Doyle   (www.tigresvictoriaville.com)

If Canadian junior hockey player Chris Doyle "was charged with being a colossal asshole, I would find him guilty," a judge said Friday. "Of assault causing bodily harm, I find him not guilty." The verdict ends Doyle's assault trial for showing up drunk at his ex-girlfriend's apartment and punching a door that then hit a woman in the face and broke her nose, which he admitted doing but said was an accident, CBC reports.
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