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Lutai arrested for car theft

Well, he had his whole life ahead of him and he threw it away, his skating career and everything, it's both stupid and reckless. It pisses me off that he did that -- with so many people out there that would do anything for a second chance. It's such a bloody waste, still, I hope he gets a second chance -- but will life grant it?

:boohoo:

I mean, he could have ruined someone elses life too, you know, with him driving drunk and all. He should be thankful that nothing truly bad happened.
 
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Ptichka said:
Figure skating insiders suppose that the always emotional Alexei Mishin could have poured fuel on the flame; after the Skate America failure, he was sure to have been furious with Lutai.

"Mishin could have screamed at him so badly, that the kid drowned his sorrows in a drink, and got drunk to quickly because he's not used to it", says one of his Petersburg coaches.
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I believe that there is maybe a misunderstanding in the whole thing. But in order to excuse Andrei, this is the worst comment and the fact that they put it on media. Not the fact that Mishin might have yelled, was angry or whatever. That could be very much real for every coach. But the fact that the poor boy went to drink because of his coach who might have yelled is at least ridiculous. It insults Andrei, supposed athletes of this level have been facing numerus failures, fights with the coach to start drinking because of that and even if it is real, insults Mishin that looks like a monster who sent him to alcoholism,and the resume is what? That every time we will face a difficulty, a fight, a failure and someone will upset us maaaaaaybe we will drink to face it?
 
plushyta said:
http://allsportinfo.ru/ ... his lawyer, Brian Barrett:
... Tomorrow evening we will have a meeting in the City Court, after which, perhaps, Andrey wil be released from prison...
- But you admit that he stole a car and driving in a drunken state?
- I'm in that there are some serious doubts. In particular, about the extent of his intoxication. Lutai was detained, just hour after he was seen absolutely sober, during his performance at the Grand Prix. Hour - it's too little to talk about such a strong intoxication. There are and other points, on which we rely for its defense. But before the court, I do not think it necessary to articulate them...
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In a way it would be worse if he wasn't blind drunk because it means that in a (relatively) sober state of mind he decided to steal a car....

In any event, an hour is plenty of time for a young lad who doesn't ordinarily drink to be extremely intoxicated especially if he just started drinking spirits as opposed to beer.

Ant
 
Lutai arrest for car theft

How unfortunate. Once again, this proves that figure skaters are just people with flaws like everyone else in society. Some are honest, some not---some have good sense and some are clueless.

This error in judgement will cost him big time. How very sad to see someone so young mess up his future. Hope after this experience he wises up and decides to take the high road in the future.

Dizzy
 
So sad to hear about this. I really liked his funky approach to skating. I hope this works itself out so he can get back on track with his life.
 
Thank you, Hsuhs.

This article gave me the impression that quite possibly Andrey thought the car belonged to one of the girls who asked him to drive them. I definitely think we need to hear more before we jump to any conclusions. Poor Andrey; first his skates do not arrive on time, and now this.
 
After reading this article, I looked down at the comments section. Here a few funny comments from the cbc.ca article:


They should have known something was wrong when the vehicle started going around in figure-8's, loops and triple somersaults the moment it hit an icy patch in the road. It came out of the long and complex skid to meet judges holding scorecards: 8.1, 8.3, 8.0...
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If he was drunk, he was not drinking Yankee beer.
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I laughed...but I have a simple sense of humour. :laugh:
 
Hsuhs said:
They now say Lutai is released. But nobody paid his bail.

(I have no idea how's that possible).

The hearing is rescheduled for today, i.e. Nov 19.

http://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=326565&cid=9
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Yeah, According to the local news I was watching they have dropped the car theft charges but the charges of his drunk driving are still up pending another hearing. There is also talk that someone may have spiked his drink according to the defense attorney. The hearing is scheduled for tomorrow (today) and if the other charges are dropped, he will be able to return to Russia.

BTW, They shown him with his prison clothes, I feel bad for you Andrei. Good luck


Here is the link to the article:
http://www.wptz.com/news/21659245/detail.html
 
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Medusa said:
I don't think he would have done it if he weren't drunk. I mean, how was he planning to bring the stolen car back to Russia, in his back-pocket?
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I thought the same thing too. It's really weird for someone to steal a car if they were going to be on a plane back home the very next day.

Lutai doesn't seem to be getting a chance to say anything at all. Right now, it's all 'the attorney says', 'the police says'...
 
Since Lutai had to have a bobsled coach interpret for him, it's not surprising that the press has not been able to get to him for quotes. And a good thing that is!
 
mycelticblessing said:
I thought the same thing too. It's really weird for someone to steal a car if they were going to be on a plane back home the very next day.

Lutai doesn't seem to be getting a chance to say anything at all. Right now, it's all 'the attorney says', 'the police says'...
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Yeah, the car thing is really the big charge here. Still want to hear his side of the story but that will have to wait till the hearing.

Was he drunk? or is that being used to explain the reason for the car theft?

Did the car belong to the family of one of the female admirerers? and the father of the admirerers reported his vehicle was missing?

Car theft is a serious felony. but these charges could be dropped, hopefully.
 
mycelticblessing said:
I thought the same thing too. It's really weird for someone to steal a car if they were going to be on a plane back home the very next day.

Lutai doesn't seem to be getting a chance to say anything at all. Right now, it's all 'the attorney says', 'the police says'...
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The less Lutai says right now the better off he will be.
His attorney will do his talking and has probably advised Lutai not to say a word. As Doris pointed out he apparently does not speak much English so this should not be a cause for concern.

It looks like this may turn out alot better than what was initially reported.
He may even be able to return home in a couple of days and resume training.
 
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Yikes, Andrei, what were you thinking? :no: I hope he learns a valuable lesson from this and is able to turn his life around . . . so sad. :cry:
 
Prison clothes or not...he's still pretty hot!! :love:

But I am glad to see that this is getting resolved quickly. It's also nice to see that people are stepping up to help him like the bobsled coach. It's my understanding that he is Russian but it an American bobsled coach. But I could be wrong!
 
Poor Andre, and all that publicity. What do those letters mean on the prison garb? I can't figure them out for anything in English.
 
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