
MOSCOW, Jan 21 American forward of the Yaroslavl KHL club Lokomotiv Reed Boucher solicited photos from two underage girls in 2014, reports The Athletic. Earlier, the Detroit Free Press reported that Boucher had pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl. The incident occurred in 2011, when the American was 17 years old. One of the girls, who was 15 years old at the time of communication with the player, said that she did not consider the player’s behavior “something serious”, but after information about the events of 2011 appeared, she felt , which is obliged to tell about what happened. According to the girl, the hockey player asked her about her age. After responding, Boucher noted that she looked older than her years and wrote that she was «too young to send him pictures.» Two weeks later, he again asked her about her age, but the girl replied that he had not changed. Another girl, who is now 25 years old, said that Boucher sent her a message on Facebook asking her to send him nude photos. She said she felt «embarrassed», «disgusted» and «shocked» after interacting with him. The girl noted that the hockey player did not ask her age, and she also did not say that she was 17 years old. She added that she did not comply with the request of the athlete.

