Convicted bully Mitchell Miller, 20, signed up with the Boston Bruins.
Now he is suspended from playing in the NHL.
What he did is horrible and unacceptable, says league manager Gary Pittman.
During Friday I did Boston Bruins A controversial signature to say the least. They gave a contract to Mitchell Miller – the hockey player who was convicted six years ago in juvenile court for bullying and molesting a black classmate with special needs.
But there will be no NHL game for the now 20-year-old defender.
“the disapproval”
League director Gary Pittman confirmed that this would not be allowed.
What he (Miller) did when he was 14 is horrible and unacceptable. The Bruins never reviewed us before they gave it up, but I spoke with Bruins boss Cam Neely afterwards. He (Miller) will not be allowed to play in the NHL. For now, we won’t agree to it, he says in one of them statement It continues:
– I can’t answer if we’ll allow it in the future, and I’m not sure the Bruins intend to use him in the NHL at all, but in that case they must first get the green light from us.
Convicted of bullying
When he was 14 years old, Mitchell Miller was sentenced to community service for bullying and harassment, an African American classmate with a disability, at an Ohio school.
Miller and another classmate had long terrorized Mayer Crothers with physical violence and racial slurs. On one occasion, they also allegedly forced him to lick a pacifier they had first dipped in a urinal, after which the victim was tested for several things including HIV and hepatitis.
according to Meyer Crowther’s mother didn’t apologize to Miller until very recently, then via a message on Snapchat.
“We deeply regret”
When Miller received his contract from the Boston Bruins yesterday, he told the club’s website:
“When I was in the eighth grade, I made a very bad decision and acted immature. I bullied a classmate. I am deeply sorry for the accident and I have apologized now. This was almost seven years ago and since then I have been working on improving myself in an effort to become a better person.”
Mitchell Miller was drafted by the Arizona Coyotes in 2020, but the club subsequently waived his rights and hasn’t played a NHL game yet.