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>> THIS IS CHICAGO'S VERY OWNWGN EVENING NEWS AT 5.>> MICAH MATERRE: WE'RECONTINUING TO FOLLOW THAT BREAKING NEWS. STAN BOWMAN, THE BLACKHAWKS PRESIDENT OF HOCKEY OPERATIONS AND ONE OF THE KEY ARCHITECTS OF THE STANLEY CUP WINNING DYNASTY HAS RESIGNED. TODAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT COMES IN THE AFTERMATH OF AN INVESTIGATION. NEW ALLEGATIONS THAT A FORMER ASSISTANT SEXUALLY ASSAULTED A PLAYER IN 2010 TOP BLACKHAWKS EXECUTIVES COVERED IT UP.
WGN'S MIKE LOWE IS JOINING US NOW WITH THE VERY LATEST MIKE. >> MIKE LOWE: RAY AND MIKE A GOOD EVENING. Stan Bowman THIS
INVESTIGATION CENTERS ON THE
ALLEGATIONS OF A 20 YEAR OLD
HOCKEY PLAYER WHO ALLEGED THE
FORMER HAWKS VIDEO COACH
BRADLEY ALDRICK SEXUALLY
ASSAULTED HIM AND THEN
THREATENED HIS CAREER. THE
REPORT PAINTS A PICTURE OF AN
ORGANIZATION THAT PRIZE
WINNING ABOVE ALL ELSE, EVEN
SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS OF ABUSE.
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CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS TEAM PRESIDENT DANNY WORDS AND HIS FATHER TEAM OWNER ROCKY WIRTZ TOOK NO QUESTIONS AS THEY ANNOUNCE THE FINDINGS OF AN INVESTIGATION INTO HOW THE TEAM HANDLED ABUSE ALLEGATIONS A DECADE AGO ANNOUNCING THE RESIGNATION OF THE TEAM'S PRESIDENT OF HOCKEY OPERATIONS. STAN BOWMAN. I ALSO WANT TO SHARE THE STAN BOWMAN STEPPED ASIDE. >> ROCKING. I APPRECIATE STANCE DEDICATION TO THE BLACKHAWKS AND ITS MANY YEARS OF WORK FOR THE TEAM. HOWEVER, WE AND HE ULTIMATELY EXCEPT THAT IN HIS FIRST YEAR AS GENERAL MANAGER. HE MADE A MISTAKE ALONGSIDE OUR OTHER SENIOR EXECUTIVES AT THE TIME AND DID NOT TAKE ADEQUATE ACTION IN 2010, THE TEAM ENLISTED FORMER FEDERAL PROSECUTOR REID SCHAR. NOW A PARTNER WITH THE LAW FIRM JENNER AND BLOCK TO CONDUCT AN OUTSIDE INVESTIGATION INTO THE ALLEGATIONS THAT THEN BLACKHAWKS VIDEO COACH BRADLEY OLDER. IT'S SEXUALLY ASSAULTED A MINOR LEAGUE PROSPECT BACK IN 2010. >> THE 68 PAGE REPORT DETAILS HOW THE INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION INTERVIEWED 139 WITNESSES ABOUT WHAT THE TEAM CALLED THE DISTURBING ALLEGATIONS TO BE CLEAR. >> EVEN MYSELF. NO, ANYTHING ABOUT THESE ALLEGATIONS UNTIL WE RECEIVE WORD THAT THE LAWSUIT WAS BEING FILED. IF WE HAD CERTAINLY WOULD NOT BE STANDING HERE TODAY.
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>> MIKE LOWE: IN MAY OF 2021
THE ALLEGED VICTIM REFERRED TO
AS JOHN DOE FILED A LAWSUIT IN
STATE COURT AGAINST THE
BLACKHAWKS.
>> JOHN DOE HAS FURTHER
ALLEGE, BUT THE BLACKHAWKS FOR
ME AWARE THE ALLEGED ASSAULT.
MY SOON AFTER IT OCCURRED. AND
FAILED TO ACT TO ADDRESS THE
ASSAULT THAT ALDRIDGE WAS
PRESSURING JOHN DOE TO HAVE
WITH HIM.
>> MIKE LOWE: THE REPORT NOTES
THAT ALDRIDGE TOLD JOHN DOE
THAT HE QUOTE, HAD THE POWER
TO GET JOHN DOE ON TO THE
BLACK HAWKS ROSTER TURNED ON
AND FORCIBLY PERFORMED ORAL ON
JOHN DOE SOON AFTER 5 MEMBERS
OF SENIOR MANAGEMENT MEANT TO
DISCUSS WHAT HAD BEEN LEARNED
ABOUT THE ALDRICH AND JOHN DOE
SITUATION. THEN BLACKHAWKS
PRESIDENT JOHN MCDONOUGH AND
THEN HEAD COACH JOE QUINN.
BILL MADE COMMENTS ABOUT THE
CHALLENGE OF GETTING TO THE
STANLEY CUP FINALS AND A
DESIRE TO FOCUS ON THE TEAM
AND THE PLAYOFFS. THE REPORT
STATES, OUR INVESTIGATION
UNCOVERED NO EVIDENCE,
HOWEVER, THAT MCDONALD'S OR
ANYONE ELSE EITHER. CONTACTED
HUMAN RESOURCES OR INITIATED
AN INVESTIGATION BETWEEN MAY
23RD IN JUNE 14TH. MCDONOUGH
SAID IT WAS DECIDED THAT THE
GROUP WOULD NOT ALERT HUMAN
RESOURCES OR DO ANYTHING ABOUT
THE INCIDENT DURING THE
PLAYOFFS. SO AS NOT TO DISTURB
TEAM CHEMISTRY. THE TEAM WENT
ON TO WIN THE FIRST OF 3
STANLEY CUP TITLES THAT YEAR
AND ALDRICH WAS GIVEN A
CHAMPIONSHIP RING. THE LAWYER
FOR JOHN DOE PRAISE THE
INDEPENDENCE OF THE
INVESTIGATION BUT SAID THE
HAWKS ARE STILL TRYING TO HAVE
THE CASE DISMISSED.
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>> ALL THEY CAN DO RIGHT NOW IS TO TRY TO RECTIFY THEY MENTION THINGS THAT DONE TO CHANGE WORKINGS OF THE ORGANIZATION. I WANT TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO TO LIVE UP TO THEIR APOLOGY TO JOHN DOE. >> MIKE LOWE: AND JOHN DOE IS NOW PLAYING HOCKEY IN EUROPE AND HIS ATTORNEY SAYS HE REMAINS TRAUMATIZED BY THE ALLEGED INCIDENT. THE REPORT HAS BEEN SHARED WITH THE NHL AND THE LEAGUE HAS FINED THE TEAM. 2 MILLION DOLLARS FOR WHAT IT CALLED QUOTE, THE ORGANIZATIONS INADEQUATE INTERNAL PROCEDURES AND IN SUFFICIENT AND TIMELY RESPONSE. BUT THE HAWKS TO SAY THAT NO MEMBERS OF THEEXECUTIVE TEAM AT