Guy LaFleur Now Has a Criminal Record

This was the kind of record that former NHL superstar Guy Lafleur could have done without. This five time Stanley Cup winner with the Montreal Canadiens who was a standout in scoring over 500 goals during a hall of fame career had his sentence handed down to him in a Montreal courtroom on Thursday afternoon. This 57 year-old from Thurso, Quebec ,who during his playing days was nicknamed ‘The Flower’ got into legal trouble when he was caught back in 2007 lying in court for the purpose of protecting his 22 year old son Mark from going back to jail.

In January 2007, Mark got into trouble with the law and was facing charges of assault and sexual assault of a 17 year-old. Part of the charges came from the fact that he was screaming death threats against her. After eventually going to a halfway house for some time Mark Lafleur was granted probation with the condition that he followed a 12:30 court imposed curfew where he had to be at his parents’ house for the night.

Unfortunately this is where the elder Lafleur got himself into some trouble. At first Guy Lafleur stated in court that his son obeyed and respected the fact that he had to be home at a certain time. At a later court hearing for Mark this hall of famer changed his story.

“He respected it except for twice, when he asked if he could go to a hotel,” Lafleur who twice broke the law by driving him to a hotel to be with his 16 year-old girlfriend said. “I thought that at 22 he had a right to some intimacy.” When asked why he didn’t say that originally the senior Lafleur replied “Because I know you have proof that he went there and I didn’t want to hide it.”

On May 1, Lafleur was ruled guilty of giving the contradictory evidence at the bail hearing. On Thursday Lafleur had no expression as the judge handed down a one year suspended sentence and a $100.00 fine. He was also ruled to donate $10,000 to charity. The most damaging part of the sentence being handed down by Quebec court Judge Claude Parent is that Lafleur now has a criminal record.