Not entirely gay, but as sad as Boy George, or even worse

Editor’s Note: The following article was written by Chad Townsend. Chad began reading astrology columns by Jeane Dixon and Sydney Omarr when he was old enough to read the funny papers. Now he reads Rob Breszny next to the comics. He apprentices for a local family Arizona vineyard and winery. He is also a certified Zen Shiatsu therapist, licensed massage therapist, and certified direct care provider.

Chad also sends me interesting emails. When he alerted me to this story about coercive sex and abuse in professional hockey, I asked him to write an article for Daily Astrology and Adventure. His resulting article can be read below. –RA

Dear Friend and Reader,

ON SUNDAY, RACHEL WROTE how gay Thanksgiving week was here in the USA. Across the border to the North, in Napanee, Ontario, David Frost, former agent of former professional hockey player Mike Danton, was acquitted of 12 counts of sexual exploitation Friday, November 28, that allegedly occurred over a decade ago. Danton is now serving the remainder of a seven-and-a-half year sentence for attempting to hire someone to murder Frost.

Frost first met Danton when he was 10 years old in 1991 at a summer junior hockey tournament: Pluto was in Scorpio. Frost became a powerful influence in Danton’s life as a Svengali-like mentor and followed Danton as his coach and eventually as his agent through his entire hockey career.

Suddenly, and after Danton’s team was eliminated from the NHL playoffs in 2004, Danton was arrested with his girlfriend, Katie Wolfmeyer, for plotting a murder-for-hire attempt. Both originally pleaded not guilty, but Danton changed his plea to guilty two months after his arrest.

Recorded telephone conversations between Frost and Danton from his prison cell led to two Canadian women accusing Frost of forcing his teenaged players to have group sex with their teen-aged girlfriends while Frost watched and touched during the 1996-1997 season in Room 22 (ironically, 22 would be Danton’s jersey number in the NHL) at the Bay View Inn in Deseronto. Frost lived in Room 22 with three of his young players and for some time one of the teenaged women who testified for the prosecution. Frost’s ex-players testified that Frost was not present and that the then teen-aged girls were “into it.” Judge Griffin found the women’s testimony to be inconsistent and possibly collusion.

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