Star BU hockey player kicked off team after arrest
December 13, 2011
BOSTON (AP)—A Boston University hockey star has been kicked off the teamafter his arrest on charges that he groped and tried to kiss a female student.
Corey Trivino of Toronto, Canada, was released on personal recognizanceafter pleading not guilty Monday to charges including indecent assault andbattery.
Trivino, a 2008 draft pick of the New York Islanders, is the leading goalscorer in Hockey East, with 13 in 15 games. On Tuesday, BU coach Jack Parkersaid the 21-year-old Trivino was “no longer associated” with the ninth-rankedteam.
Prosecutors said late Sunday at a BU dorm, the woman asked Trivino and agroup he was with to be quiet during mandatory quiet hours. They said Trivinothen forced his way into her room, tried to kiss her and repeatedly groped her.Prosecutors said the woman resisted and demanded Trivino leave, but Trivinodidn’t go until she phoned for help, when he ran out of the room.
Prosecutors said campus police found Trivino in an elevator shortlyafterward, and he was visibly drunk.
Trivino’s attorney, William Sullivan, said there were “some inaccuracies”in the prosecution’s account of the incident, but he didn’t want to get intospecifics.
Trivino has been in trouble at BU before—last year, Parker suspendedTrivino for the early part of the 2010-2011 season for unspecified violations ofteam rules.
On Tuesday, Sullivan referred to unnamed “issues” Trivino has to dealwith.
“We’re looking to address those,” Sullivan said. “There’s more importantthings in a young man’s life than just hockey. I met with his parents, who arehere. I met with Corey. And we’re going to address these issues. … He’s veryupset, but he understands we’re going to have to deal with some of thesethings.”
“This is a good kid,” Sullivan said.
The court ordered Trivino to leave his dorm by Monday afternoon. Sullivansaid Trivino will stay enrolled at the school, but called the situation “day byday,” and cited possible academic sanctions.
BU’s dean of students Kenneth Elmore said the school would quicklyinvestigate what happened, and Trivino can attend classes until any officialsuspension or expulsion.
