Professional Hockey Player Charged With Beating Girlfriend

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She described in court how her six-foot-two, 209-pound goalie boyfriend kicked her in the chest and stomped on her as she lay on the ground, before he dragged her by her hair from their bedroom in the early hours of the morning on October 30.
‘He was having fun, he was laughing,’ said the model. ‘He has no concept of when to stop drinking, and when he drinks he turns into an animal.’
She pointed to her chest, arms, stomach, neck and head - places she said she are bruised. She also said he kicked her out of the apartment, reports The Denver Post.
Vavrinyuk admitted it wasn't the first time that her boyfriend had hurt her, but throwing her out on the street was ‘the final straw.’

So she was OK with getting beat up by her boyfriend. It was only after he threw her out of the apartment that she would not tolerate getting beat up, and went to the police.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2512328/NHL-goalie-Semyon-Varlamov-face-jail-assault-girlfriend.html

NHL goalie who allegedly told girlfriend 'I would have beaten you more if we were in Russia' could face two years jail
Colorado Avalanche goalie Semyon Varlamov, 25, has been charged with third-degree assault
If convicted, he could face a sentence of two years prison
He is free on $5,000 bail and continues to play for the Avalanche
He allegedly beat his model girlfriend Evgenia Vavrinyuk in October
She told reporters that he laughed as he hit her and that 'when he drinks he turns into an animal'
A Russian government official claimed Varlamov's arrest was an act of sabotage against the country's hockey team ahead of the Winter Games
By SNEJANA FARBEROV, ASSOCIATED PRESS and DAILY MAIL REPORTER
Daily Mail (UK)
PUBLISHED: 09:07 EST, 23 November 2013 | UPDATED: 10:08 EST, 23 November 2013