
Hockey legend Guy Lafleur leaves the Montreal courthouse Thursday, June 18, 2009, after receiving his sentence following his conviction on a charge of giving contradictory evidence at his son’s bail hearing. Lafleur was been given a one-year suspended sentence, fined $100 and o rdered to donate $10,000 to charity for giving contradictory testimony during his son’s 2007 bail hearing. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Paul Chiasson)
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It’s always unpleasant to see an all-time great’s name dragged through the mud - especially when it is a family member doing the dragging - but at least there’s some good news for Montreal Canadiens legend Guy Lafleur.
Quebec’s highest court has acquitted former NHL hockey star Guy Lafleur, earlier convicted of giving contradictory testimony at his son’s sexual assault and forcible confinement trial.