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NHL Player’s Sexual Abuse Led to Drug Addiction
Posted under Related Disorders on Monday, October 12th, 2009
Retired NHL player Theo Fleury admits in his soon-to-be-released memoir that he was sexually abused over a two-year period by junior coach Graham James, who served prison time for the crime.
In Playing With Fire, Fleury writes. “Graham was on me once or twice a week. An absolute nightmare, every day of my life."
James was a well-known Canadian junior hockey coach. He served 3½ years in prison after being convicted of sexually abusing players, including Sheldon Kennedy, who went public with accusations. James currently coaches junior hockey in Europe, and the Canadian Press said he has been unavailable for comment.
Fleury’s book says the experience drove him to alcohol and drug abuse, and he admits failing 13 drug tests during his 16-year career.
He wrote that he didn’t divulge the story while still in the NHL because, "I could see how it would play. I would have been stigmatized forever as the kid who was molested by his coach. The Victim."
