Further details emerged Wednesday relating to the charges of criminal trespass, disorderly conduct, and non-criminal harassment facing Buffalo Sabres forward Evander Kane, with depositions describing Kane acting aggressively toward several people on the night of June 24 at a Buffalo bar.
The sworn depositions, obtained by The Buffalo News' Lou Michel and Dale Anderson with names redacted, come from four people who filed complaints: a bouncer and three women at the bar where Kane was serving as a celebrity bartender. Michel and Anderson write:
Each of the (three) women said Kane grabbed them forcefully by the hair. Two of them said he put his hands around their necks. The bouncer said that he needed help from another security man to remove Kane from behind the bar shortly after 3 a.m. after Kane refused his demand to leave.
"(Kane) came up to me like he always does," one of the women said in her deposition. "He said, 'You’re coming to my house with me and you’re going to like it.' ... He grabbed my neck with both hands and pulled me close. It was like I couldn’t breathe. It hurt. When I told him no, he went off. That’s how he treats women. Aggressive and disrespectful."
The bouncer said there's video surveillance evidence of Kane grabbing a woman by the throat on the dance floor.
Kane's lawyer, Paul Cambria, disputed the accounts.
"There is more to this than meets the eye," he told The Buffalo News. "I’ve seen the video and, as far as I’m concerned, it doesn’t support these statements ... the motives of the speakers will be examined (in court). We’ll be delving into the motivation."
Kane is scheduled to appear in court Aug. 1.
