he's the village drunk. apparently since he said he's sorry the village wants it to be forgiven and forgotten (it's the mentality most everywhere in Alaska... it's frustrating). But he was just in court today and faces 12 charges.
HE says he doesn't remember anything, but then goes on to say that he was NOT attacking either team - he was checking to see if they were okay. Now, I could MAYBE understand if he ran into them ONCE, but HE RAN INTO ALIY ZIRKLE THREE TIMES until she finally beat him with a stick to get him to go away (the mushers can carry firearms but he was going upwards of 100mph, in the dark there's no way she'd have shot him). Jeff King was assaulted FROM BEHIND. The dog killed was hit at 100mph and died nearly instantly.
Oh, and Jeff King - the one who's dog died - is supposedly this guy's favorite musher. I'm not sure, but I believe he belongs to a prominent mushing family from "back when". I think this dirtbag got wasted and thought it'd be fun to harass and scare and attack the mushers... you'll note that he went after the FEMALE musher several times. I hate to think what the motive was. Aliy (the female victim) is still shaken a day and a half later. Her race didn't stall but she won't contend for first. Jeff King was in the top group going for first and now he's lost a lot of momentum and is not even trying to be competitive now, he's just trying to stay away from the cameras. HE IS DEVASTATED. I've been a fan of his for a long time (long as I can remember), he doesn't get overly emotional, but man he loves his dogs. In several videos yesterday he choked up as he talked about Nash (the one who died), Crosby (broken right leg) and Banjo (severely bruised, but okay).
To say I'm pissed is an understatement. Thankfully the judge overseeing today's court proceedings has NO sympathy for the piece of crap, so HOPEFULLY they do NOT go lenient on him.
