Source:
National Post

MONTREAL - An arrest warrant has been issued for former hockey Hall of Famer Guy Lafleur over testimony at his son's trial this year according to his attorney Jean-Pierre Rancourt.

Rancourt said an arrest warrant was issued for Lafleur for contradictory statements made during testimony in the trial of his son Mark.

Rancourt said Lafleur "was devastated" by the news and feared police would break down his door to cuff him and bring him to jail.

"I was shocked by the fact that they chose to issue an arrest warrant rather than a summon or a promise to appear," Rancourt said. "There was no reason to proceed with an arrest warrant, we don't know why they chose to do this, they wouldn't tell us."

Rancourt said Lafleur would present himself to police Friday in order to agree on a future court date. Rancourt said he did not expect Lafleur to be detained.

His son, Mark Lafleur is behind bars until his trial on 22 charges, including sexual assault.

Superior Court Justice Carol Cohen revoked Mark Lafleur's bail last November after the 22-year-old broke his conditions when he spent leaves from a transition house in hotels rather than at home with his parents.

At the time, in her judgment, Cohen noted the former Montreal Canadiens star knew his son was breaking his bail conditions, yet did nothing to stop him, nor did he reveal the fact to the court in September.

Mark Lafleur, who was first arrested last January, faces charges that including uttering death threats and sexual assault of a 17-year-old.

Mark Lafleur is also accused of kidnapping, forcible confinement, mischief, theft, possession of crack cocaine, ecstasy and marijuana, threatening to kill a Montreal bus driver, dangerous driving causing bodily harm and damaging a bus

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