Nightclub security assaulted, badly injured star Sea Bears player Teddy Allen, team says
Canadian Elite Basketball League star Teddy Allen was hospitalized following an assault by nightclub security in Winnipeg. The team has confirmed the incident and is cooperating with an ongoing police investigation.
Why it matters
The incident involves a prominent professional athlete and raises concerns regarding security conduct and public safety.
Teddy Allen was assaulted downtown Sunday night and hospitalized, the Canadian Elite Basketball League team said in a news release Monday.
"What we've seen and heard to date leads us to believe that Teddy was the victim of an assault at the hands of security," the team said in an update on Tuesday.
"No person should ever be subjected to the brutality of what happened to Teddy," the team's unsigned statement said, describing Allen's injuries as "significant." The statement said Allen is out of hospital but "will require further diagnosis, followup care and potentially surgery."
Allen will miss the Sea Bears' Thursday night playoff game as he recuperates at home, team president Rhéanne Marcoux said on Tuesday. (Travis Golby/CBC) A star scorer, Allen will miss the Sea Bears' Thursday night playoff game as he recuperates at home, team president Rhéanne Marcoux said earlier Tuesday, prior to the statement's release.
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