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The Mike Danton Interview
by Paul on 11/12/09 at 07:59 AM ET
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from Garth Woolsey of the Toronto Star,
Believe him or not, this much we know for sure about Mike Danton: He was, and quite likely still is, one terribly messed-up individual.
That is the overriding impression left by the former St. Louis Blues forward in his supposedly tell-all interview with Nick Kypreos of Sportsnet, which aired in an hour-long special Wednesday night.
As much as Danton, now 29, presents himself as a man who has learned some life lessons the hard way and is finally approaching normalcy, one is left with the uneasy feeling he continues to delude himself, as well as those who might take his words at face value.
from Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun,
Mike Danton came across as calm, composed and factually challenged—some might even say delusional—in the much-awaited hour-long interview broadcast on Rogers Sporstnet last night that was supposed to tell his side of the story.
Danton told his story of how he went to prison for a muddled murder-for-hire attempt. He just didn’t tell the story.
added 8:36am, from Elliotte Friedman of CBC,
Then, when our cameraman and I shut off our cellphones, Danton told us he’d be leaving his on. Frost wanted to listen to our interview from the other end, so Danton dialled him, put the phone in his pocket and told us he was ready to begin. Never seen anyone else do that before or since. (Now I should point out that Danton was as polite as possible. He was friendly, smiling and answered all of our questions without any issue. Even when declining our footage request, there was no hint of rudeness.)
Things really spiralled out of control afterward.
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Danton’s Father Speaks Out On Parole For His Son
by Paul on 09/12/09 at 08:05 AM ET
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from Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun,
There is no nice way of saying this: Mike Danton lied to the National Parole Board yesterday.
He told a whopper—and they bought it hook, line and sinker.
The former hockey player, imprisoned for his bizarre and awkward role in a failed murder-for-hire plot, told the Parole Board that the target of his ire was not his disgraced agent, David Frost, but his estranged father, Steve Jefferson.
That is, in a word, nonsense.
“I’m so mad it’s not funny,” Steve Jefferson said yesterday. “I don’t know if you can print what I’m really feeling.
“I can’t believe the judicial system ... I want people to know that the system has failed us again and again and again. One of the conditions of his parole is he is not allowed to speak to me, but he is allowed to see Dave Frost with his parole officer’s approval. Does any of this make sense to anybody?”
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Mike Danton Gets Parole
by Paul on 09/11/09 at 12:44 PM ET
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from TSN,
Former NHL player Mike Danton was granted full parole on Friday morning and will be out by Monday or Tuesday at the latest.
Danton, a native of Brampton, Ont., pleaded guilty in 2004 in the U.S. in a failed murder-for-hire plot that allegedly targeted David Frost, who went on to become Danton’s mentor and agent.
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Mike Danton Edges Closer to Freedom
by Alanah McGinley on 05/29/09 at 08:33 PM ET
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From the CP via the Globe & Mail:
The former pro hockey player imprisoned in a murder-for-hire plot targeting his Kingston, Ont., agent has taken a significant step toward freedom.
The Kingston Whig-Standard reports Mike Danton has been transferred to minimum-security Pittsburgh Institution in Kingston.
Inmates are moved to minimum-security prisons as preparation for release into the community either on parole or through automatic release after serving two-thirds of the sentence.
The CP notes that Danton has been eligible for full parole since he returned to Canada back in March.
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Report- Mike Danton Could Be A Free Man Soon
by Paul on 03/31/09 at 06:18 PM ET
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from TSN,
TSN has learned that former NHL player Mike Danton, who has been serving time in a Federal prison in the United States, is back in Canada and could be a free man very shortly.
The Brampton, Ontario native pled guilty to “murder-for-hire” charges in November of 2004. He has served over four years of his seven and a half year sentence in a Minnesota prison. After petitioning to be moved to a Canadian prison, Danton finally got his wish on March 19th as he was transferred to Kingston Penitentiary.
Under Canadian law, Danton is now eligible for full parole.
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David Frost Set to Stand Trial
by Alanah McGinley on 07/15/08 at 12:30 PM ET
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From CBC,
A judge in Napanee, Ont., on Monday dismissed a bid by former hockey coach and player agent David Frost to have sex-related charges against him dropped.
Frost faces six charges of sexual exploitation involving four teenagers dating from his days as a hockey coach in neighbouring Deseronto, in the early 1990s.
Frost, 40, will next appear in court on Aug. 25, and his trial is scheduled to begin in Napanee on Oct. 14. He is also facing trial next April on fraud charges over the alleged illegal use of a credit card belonging to jailed St. Louis player Mike Danton.
Danton, a Brampton, Ont., native and former St. Louis Blues forward, was sentenced to seven and a half years in a U.S. federal prison in November 2004 for plotting to have Frost killed.
Note: David Frost’s history is well-documented at CBC’s Fifth Estate
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