In January 2012, the coach and owner of the team, Ivan Pravilov was accused of fondling a 14-year-old Ukrainian player whom he had invited to his home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
He was arrested, and placed in a Federal Detention Center. Days later he was found to be unresponsive at around 3:00 am; by 3:45, he was pronounced dead at a local hospital. Evidence suggested that he had committed suicide by hanging in his jail cell.[1] This was confirmed by the city medical examiner's office on 23 February 2012.[2]
A former student of Druzhba-78 had claimed in January 2012 that Pravilov had physically and sexually abused members of Druzhba-78.[3]
druzhba, druzbha, ukrainian, Дружба, english, friendship, hockey, team, based, kharkiv, ukraine, druzbha, 78citykharkiv, ukrainefounded1988colorslight, blue, navy, yellow, contents, sexual, abuse, allegations, suicide, notable, alumni, also, references, extern. Druzbha 78 Ukrainian Druzhba 78 English Friendship 78 was an U 18 ice hockey team based in Kharkiv Ukraine Druzbha 78CityKharkiv UkraineFounded1988ColorsLight Blue Navy Yellow Red Contents 1 Sexual abuse allegations and suicide 2 Notable NHL alumni 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksSexual abuse allegations and suicide editIn January 2012 the coach and owner of the team Ivan Pravilov was accused of fondling a 14 year old Ukrainian player whom he had invited to his home in Philadelphia Pennsylvania He was arrested and placed in a Federal Detention Center Days later he was found to be unresponsive at around 3 00 am by 3 45 he was pronounced dead at a local hospital Evidence suggested that he had committed suicide by hanging in his jail cell 1 This was confirmed by the city medical examiner s office on 23 February 2012 2 A former student of Druzhba 78 had claimed in January 2012 that Pravilov had physically and sexually abused members of Druzhba 78 3 Notable NHL alumni edit nbsp Dainius Zubrus nbsp Andrei Zyuzin nbsp Auston MatthewsSee also editIvan PravilovReferences edit Hockey coach charged with assaulting youths found dead in cell Philly com 10 February 2012 Autopsy Charged Ukrainian coach committed suicide Kyiv Post 23 February 2012 Former student Ivan Pravilov used fists and hockey sticks to beat us Archived 2014 10 12 at the Wayback Machine NewsWorks 23 January 2012 External links editInfo about Druzhba 78 and Ivan Pravilov Info about Ivan Pravilov nbsp This European ice hockey team related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about sports in Ukraine is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Druzhba 78 amp oldid 1150872873, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
