Guy Lafleur requested that his trial be stopped before they begin

Guy Lafleur was shocked to be accused of obstruction of justice in January 2008, but to learn that a warrant of arrest was issued against him, as if he were a criminal, has literally reported sick, and his wife. "I do not know anyone who receives a warrant of arrest and not a criminal. I do not consider myself a criminal. It's very difficult to live today," he said Wednesday in its testimony before Judge Claude Parent, the Court of Quebec. Even before the start of the trial itself, his lawyer Louis Belleau requested a stay of proceedings because of abusive behavior deemed the police, the justice of the peace and the Crown Attorney who participated in the issuance of an arrest warrant against the former hockey star. Fearing that the police arrive home unannounced or that journalists face his arrival at the police station, Mr. Lafleur and his lawyer Jean-Pierre Rancourt decided to go to the police investigator, Françoise Fortin, Police Service the city of Montreal. He was right to a search. He was even asked if he had a weapon. He was assured that this was the normal procedure, he reported. "I could not find it normal," he argued. It has not been placed in the cell, but after his arrest he remained in detention fifteen minutes. He was particularly humiliated by telephone from Los Angeles, Florida, Italy, alerted by people in the media titles, including "Lafleur wanted." "They wondered what was happening," he said. Following the testimony of his client, Mr. Rancourt argued that under the Criminal Code issuance of a warrant of arrest is justified in cases where there is reason to believe that the person will abscond, will commit other crimes and we can join easily. Another factor is whether we shall issue a warrant referred as the one Mr. Lafleur has been is that we consider it important and crucial to impose conditions of release. The charges against Mr. Lafleur has to do what he promised in court to take his son Mark at him and see that it respects the curfew, if released . Guy Lafleur admitted thereafter, before another court, he had renewed his son at the hotel twice to allow him to spend the night with a girlfriend. Mark Lafleur was accused of threats, assault, sexual assault on a minor, and drunk driving. The judge then posed a question to Guy Lafleur. "Do you consider that these are serious charges brought against you?" "If I look at it coldly, I think things like that, he regularly goes to court. I can defend myself, what I will do. That is the accusation that surrounds me cause discomfort, "he replied. In the morning, the police Fortin assured that it had sought to ensure that everything is going as quietly as possible and wanted to avoid visiting the homes of Lafleur, Île Bizard, not to draw the attention of neighbors and to protect what Guy Lafleur mean for people. However, she stressed that making false statements before a court is a serious crime punishable by 14 years in prison. As it was expected that Guy Lafleur testifies again, always in the back of his son Mark, the Crown wanted to prevent it, accusing, to act again in the same way. In an issue of lawyer Guy Lafleur, the police admitted that the only question asked by the magistrate judge, Gilles Michaud, who authorized the issuance of the warrant of arrest was: "Is this the Guy Lafleur? "