Another lawsuit against Chicago Blackhawks: Ex-player, ‘Black Aces’ teammate of Kyle Beach alleges 2010 sexual assault by former video coach
CHICAGO — A former member of the Chicago Blackhawks’ “Black Aces” squad and teammate of Kyle Beach has alleged in a lawsuit that former video coach Brad Aldrich “groomed, harassed, threatened and assaulted” him during the 2009-10 season and that the Hawks suppressed his complaint to protect their Stanley Cup championship run.
Chicago-based law firm Romanucci & Blandin filed the negligence lawsuit on behalf of their client, named anonymously as “John Doe,” in Cook County Circuit Court on Thursday.
The suit, which accuses the Hawks of showing “utter indifference and/or conscious disregard for the safety of its employees, including John Doe,” names the team as the sole defendant and seeks a jury trial.
“This is a continuation of the institutional and cultural abuses that we are seeing coming from our sports teams, whether they are local teams or from ones that are around the country,” Antonio Romanucci, a founding partner of the law firm, told the Tribune exclusively.
The firm represented Plainfield Central football
