Not sure if it’s been brought up before or not. Dube’s announcement was on the 21st, then on the 24th London Police requested the 5 accused to surrender. So 3 days between the two events.
There is a possibility that Dube was suicidal or something and his mental healthcare providers let the Flames know that he needs to go on indefinite leave. Imagine if they had said “he’s out on indefinite leave” and Dube wasn’t charged and the public found out that he was suicidal and the Flames didn’t release their statement.
So the Flames made their statement.
Days after that the London Police announcement was made.
After that the rest of the players were released on leave.
So they were able to craft less “controversial” statements.
So.. given the timelines and given the Flames track record with the whole Peters situation I tend to give the Flames the benefit of the doubt here. It is plausible that they didn’t know, none of us have concrete proof that they knew. Saying “I refuse to believe that they didn’t know” is just deliberately being obtuse and nothing will change your mind.
I think what’s really important now is what the Flames do going forward now that Dube has been charged. That’s what I will be judging them by, rather than speculating on what they did or didn’t know at the time of their statement.
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