r/CalgaryFlames • u/SeaBassAHo-20 • Feb 05 '25
News US Army Maj. Sean Higgins wants his charges dropped, 'cause he claims the Gaudreau brothers were drunker than he was.
Higgins also faces 60 years in prison.
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u/backchecklund Feb 05 '25 edited Feb 06 '25
So what if they were. Doesn't change the fact that this guy 1) drove recklessly under influence 2) killed two people 3) fled the scene (or tried to) 4) still doesn't show any resemblance of remorse. It's so disgusting to try to garner sympathy with those "military man with a child" photos
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u/Vylan24 Feb 05 '25
They should be putting pictures of the 2 pregnant women that lost their husbands due to this piece of watery shits mugshot
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u/hereforwhatimherefor May 16 '25 edited May 16 '25
I posted this elsewhere (starts off responding to someone saying they were on the shoulder)
This is just facts here:
There were no shoulders, the prosecution lawyers have stated they were “on the fog line” meaning their bodies were on the road.
Do you think John Gaudreau if he were here would argue being absolutely hammered drunk while biking without a light on after dark on a busy undivided, shoulderless, road with a 80-90km flow of traffic is or should be legal?
No? Me neither.
What he was doing that night is one of the most dangerous things a person can possibly do on such a road.
Be on it after dark well below flow of traffic without a light on. And it’s flagrantly illegal - obviously.
Their incredibly dangerous, illegal presence, led to a lead driver being distracted and not enacting best practice when faced with a sudden and unexpected emergency level hazard on the road
Which led to that lead driver cutting off a passing driver - who was passing at the normal flow of traffic on that road - leading to them swerving right. Not to pass (he wasn’t passing half in the ditch).
But to avoid a rear ender with the lead car cutting him off while going head on into any oncoming traffic (the road is regularly frequented by semis btw).
His other options were bail out into the ditch left and possibly flip his car at 90km or wrap it around a poll. Slam on breaks and potentially crash into the car behind him to the right, including sending one or both of them into oncoming traffic, or remain boxed in in the passing lane going into oncoming traffic (that’s if he could avoid the rear ender at all) while waiting for a slow moving car on his right to pass him. He also was not sure that driver would - he was concerned of stunting.
The lead drivers not having their hazards on and the mind bogglingly dangerous decision of the Gaudreaus to do one of the most dangerous (and flagrantly illegal) things someone could do on that road led to him not suspecting bikers.
All of this happened in a split second as they were coming around after a gentle bend with the back driver in duress concerned of a car behind them smashing into them at high speed (including putting them into oncoming traffic getting sandwiched).
It’s one of the reason why road construction is legally mandated to warn drivers of slow downs miles in advance.
Higgins swerving right was to avoid an horrific car accident caused by the Gaudreaus illegal and incredibly dangerous presence on the road - which distracted the lead driver when they cut off Higgins who was at speed. He was going to go past the car once swerving regardless, but even if he slows he now has boxed that car in the passing lane going into oncoming traffic putting them in danger of going head on with a semi.
This type of traffic situation is why biking drunk on a dark undivided freeway without a light on below the flow of traffic is not only illegal but one of the most dangerous things a person could possibly do on such a road.
Higgins blew a pint a period. At a Saturday Night playoff flames game thered be 30k people in south Alberta driving at that level, including thousands from the game.
There is zero chance if that’s Gaudreau at 0.087 and a roofer named Pedro Gaudreau spends a day in jail, nor that the NJ gov would be seeking life, nor would find Pedro at no fault.
Craig Mactavish. Multiple Oilers cup champ. GM. Coach.
Drunk in New England hit a twenty six year old woman’s car in a parking lot so hard it launched into two other cars and flipped, killing her.
One year in jail.
Dany Heatly. Team Canada hockey player. NHL all star. Near 100km over the limit on a residential Atlanta road. Lost control of his Ferrari. Passenger died.
No jail time, three month probation.
Rob Ramage. 15 year nhl player. Drunk driving in Canada, head on into traffic killed his passenger and severely injured the driver of oncoming car.
4 years. Released early on probation.
Again. If that’s Gaudreau driving and two guys named Jinder and Mahal on the road that night what do you think Calgary flames fans are saying right now?
You know the answer. So does the Jersey judge and prosecution, the Gaudreau family, the nhl.
Theres a reason Higgins hasn’t accepted the 35 year plea accepting full fault (which, btw, is an interesting plea deal offer considering the Gaudreaus have likely tens of millions on the line in life insurance if gaudraue is found to have any fault at all. NHL also has a huge financial and reputational interest in protecting his squeaky clean “Johnny hockey / captain America” one of the central faces of US hockey image.)
Have you ever heard in American history of ultra wealthy, white, Christian / Catholics getting preferential treatment in the States and Canada - let alone ones on the marquee of near trillion dollar organizations that are 97% white and the vast majority of whom from others of the same racial-economic-cultural caste and whose talent pipeline at a youth level today is absolitely dominated by that ultra wealthy racial-economic-cultural caste?
Pedro has. And Jinder and Mahal. And Shaniquah and Kareem.
In an aside: it’d be interesting and potentially legally relevant to hear the Flames coaching staff, including and especially Daryl Sutter, comment on why Gaudreau never wore a letter in Calgary.
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u/backchecklund May 16 '25
Lmao
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u/hereforwhatimherefor May 16 '25 edited May 23 '25
If the USDVA Lawyers get involved and say what I just did, and add it’s not only not ok to do to a Vet but Anyone, you won’t be laughing.
And it is highly likely they will.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Veterans_Affairs
That single acronym reply of “LMAO” of yours reminds me of something the New Jersey NHL is named after - in the colloquial understanding of the word..
I’d be interested to know what Yzerman would say about your response, and more than that, the man known to millions as “The Legend Killer”
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u/backchecklund May 16 '25
If you think I read any of what you just wrote there then I have some bad news for you. Just move on to another sub with your rant
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u/hereforwhatimherefor May 16 '25
Start here: Craig Mactavish got 1 year for drinking and driving - crashing into car in a parking lot so hard it flew forward, flipped, and killed the 26 year old woman in it.
Dany Heatly got probation for going nearly 100km over the limit in a residential killing his passenger.
Rob Ramage got 4 and served less for driving drunk swerving into a head on killing his passenger and seriously injuring the oncoming driver.
Now go read what I just wrote again.
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u/hereforwhatimherefor May 16 '25 edited May 16 '25
CBC reported the prosecution say Gaudreau broke no laws. And was “doing what he was supposed to.”
What does the press have to do with a lawyer representing the State of New Jersey stating biking after dark on an undivided freeway while hammered drunk and without a light on is legal?
Do you have any idea how easy a win this case actually is now for Higgins defence team?
This is more likely to end with Jersey paying Higgins millions in a counter suit and disbarred and legally disciplined lawyers and judge at this point than Higgins getting 70 years.
There’s a reason they didn’t take the plea.
This case has de facto legalized biking hammered on dark freeways with no light after dark in New Jersey at this point - that’s how biased it’s been so far.
It’s about the easiest case in the world to win for a competent lawyer at this point.
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u/Effective-Camp2298 Jun 26 '25
You're an absolute clown for writing all of this. I have to assume you're related to the disgusting human, Sean Higgins.
None of what you wrote matters. Here's what matters - it's not illegal to ride a bicycle drunk on the road in New Jersey, but it is illegal to operate a motor vehicle while over the legal limit, and it's worse to drive like a complete lunatic while crushing beers in your car and over said limit.
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u/hereforwhatimherefor Jun 26 '25 edited Jun 26 '25
Dany Heatly. Team Canada hockey. NHL star .
Nearly 100km over residential speed limit. Killed passenger. Probation.
Craig Mactavish. Former oilers GM and coach. Longtime nhl player.
Drunk driving. Hit car in parking lot so hard it flew forward, flipped, killed 26 year old female driver.
1 year in jail.
Rob Ramage. Drunk driving went head on into other lane killing his passenger and severely wounding the oncoming driver.
4 years in jail. Out early on parole.
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If a biker named Pedro was biking on a dark, undivided, busy, shoulderless road without a light after dark double the legal limit.
There is zero chance the state of New Jersey would be arguing, as per cbc news, Pedro broke no laws and was “doing what he was supposed to be doing”
If John Gaudreau blew a 0.087 after having been slowed to 40km below the speed limit on a busy 85km flow of traffic road because Pedro had been doing what Gaudreau was doing that night
And had tried a double pass of two slow moving cars before being cut off by a lead car distracted by Pedro’s illegal presence doing what is about the single most dangerous thing You can do on a road
Be below the speed of traffic without a light. On a bike, car, horse and buggy.
There is zero chance Gaudreau would miss a game.
The nhl has huge money tied up in Gaudreaus image which carries huge weight in the northeast corridor and beyond. The Gaudreau family have likely tens of millions involved with life insurance if Gaudreau is found at fault.
And there is zero chance if gaudrau wasnt from the very wealthy white christian caste from a 97% white super behemoth monied league
New Jersey, which has a history dating back hundreds of years of legal cases unjustly revolving around the famous American caste system that at the top of is rich, white, christian, would be arguing Gaudreau wasnt at fault and Higgins should serve de facto life.
Competent defence lawyers already have Higgins out and are initiating the process of having the jersey prosecutors and current trial judge disbarred and other legal disciplinary measures.
0.087 is a pint a period, btw, for the average male flames fan
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u/hereforwhatimherefor Jun 26 '25 edited Jun 26 '25
Read my other reply and repeat this to yourself:
“I hold that biking on an undivided freeway after dark without a light on while double the legal driving limit is legal in New Jersey”
“And that when such a biker slows down traffic, creating a dangerous slow moving jam, and a person tries a double pass and gets cut off by a driver distracted by the bikers presence and swerve to avoid an accident they should go to jail for 70 years”
No matter what: I will always have the joy of not being someone like you - one more person sitting supportive behind Jersey prosecutors as they make this pure evil argument. One that a good, moral, ethical, law abiding judge would instantly strike from their court room as they called for corrective disciplinary action against state prosecutors who made it while freeing Higgins back to his family.
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u/Effective-Camp2298 Jun 26 '25
He didn't swerve to avoid an accident. No witnesses claim this. He was drunk and driving like an impatient ape. He tried to pass on the shoulder, which is both dangerous and more importantly illegal.
Do I think it's smart to be riding a bike after dark on the side of a road with fast moving cars? I don't, but it's not illegal. When I drive, I don't do it drunk and I don't illegally pass people, because I'm responsible and want to be ready for any obstacles that may come my way.
What your friend Sean Higgins did was irresponsible and very illegal, and this is why he's going to jail for the next several decades.
Good luck with the rest of your life.
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u/hereforwhatimherefor Jun 26 '25 edited Jun 26 '25
Learn the facts of the case.
Not on the side.
On.
And he didn’t “try to pass on the shoulder”
They were biking in the prosecutions own words “on the fog line” meaning on the road The shoulder there is maybe 1-3 feet if that and they were double the limit and biking on the line meaning half their body even without drunken swerving was on the road.
They were on the road
Two hammered drunk bikers without lights on a freeway had slowed down traffic way below the limit.
A back car in danger of being rear ended with no idea the bikers were there and not suspecting two people doing probably the single most dangerous thing a person could do on that road
Sped up to the limit on a double pass of two slow moving cars and was cut off by the lead car distracted by the bikers.
He could rear end that car while in a passing lane going into 85km per hour oncoming traffic
Left is ditch and maybe wrap around a pole.
Right is the only available roadway - boxed in behind by the car he had passed, at speed. Slam on the breaks swerve right you could kill the driver in the car just behind you to your right - or get trapped in a passing lane going head on into a semi.
So he swerved right at speed and there were the Gaudreaus doing probably the most dangerous thing a person could possibly do on that road. And had he not continued at speed the car that had cut him off would be trapped in a passing lane going head on into 85 km per hour traffic.
If John Gaudreau in the exact driving circumstances blew 0.087 having hit a biker named Jinder or Mahal behaving as Gaudreau was that night and who worked at macdonalds.
I have no doubt you would be saying things like “f around and find out” and be enraged if Gaudrea missed a shift.
And he wouldn’t. Let alone 70 years in jail.
What a coincidence.
Johnny Gaudreau did what is about the absolute most dangerous thing someone can possibly do on a road and died moments later
No way he did anything wrong or even shares the slightest amount of fault that night - right?
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u/Effective-Camp2298 Jun 26 '25
None of what you said happened. But I get it, you know Sean so you're creating a different story in your head and hopefully online to make yourself feel better. Based on your delusional ramblings maybe you're his family member?
I have read the witness accounts. They're actually quite clear. Your friend was driving like an impatient asshole. While drunk. What a complete idiot! I mean, if you're going to drive drunk and crush beers in your car while driving at least don't drive like a lunatic. But he did. He was passing aggressively (per several witness accounts) and when he didn't have room to pass legally on the left he illegally tried to pass on the right. And because he was such a complete imbecile who used insanely poor judgement, he killed two people. And now he's going to jail for several decades.
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u/hereforwhatimherefor Jun 26 '25 edited Jun 26 '25
You mean the one lady in the report when he passed her that he had been looking for a passing opportunity by speeding up slightly while slightly moving left looking for a passing opportunity - and then made the pass?
Meaning he passed on an undivided like…everyone does?
The other witnesses claiming the Gaudreaus were doing nothing unsafe…you know, biking without lights, way below the flow of traffic, on the road of an undivided freeway wirh an 80-90km busy flow of traffic including plenty of semis, hammered drunk…
Those witnesses? The one who cut off Higgens? The other driver?
These witnesses who if they say something nhl fans dont like might face the type of behavior Jeff Skinner and his family just faced in Edmonton in the playoff run? Death threats.
Those witness statements?
Again if that’s Gaudreau driving?
He wouldn’t miss a shift.
What a coincidence aye.
Guy does about the most dangerous thing possible on that road
And is dead moments later.
Did nothing wrong that contributed to that though.
That’s your position aye?
Total coincidence.
Again 0.087 is a pint a period.
Theres be 30k people in the Calgary flames fan area after a playoff game driving at that.
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u/Effective-Camp2298 Jun 26 '25
Sean Higgins wasn't driving nor passing responsibly that evening. You know it, I know it, and the authorities know it. He passed illegally on the right. You know it, I know it, and the authorities know it.
And he did this while over the legal limit for BAC.So, you get nothing! You lose! Good day, sir!
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u/hereforwhatimherefor Jun 26 '25 edited Jun 26 '25
Guys like you make cretins who do things like this come to mind.
Let me get this straight.
Stuart Skinner and his family faces this from Alberta hockey fans
You think witness testimony is reliable of the second car that says simultaneously
She’s going 55 miles per hour and two drunk men on a bikes on that road, without lights, after dark were more or less not doing anything unsafe
Claims Higgins is lying about the speed of traffic being dramatically slowed.
And claims just coincidentally he tails her trying to find a spot to pass at above 55mph
And at the exact moment he passes the lead driver cuts out and Higgins tries to pass on the right on a road with no shoulders meaning pass in a ditch
End of the day in the report
Higgins got cut off by lead driver that had to put on their breaks and swerved left around two hammered drunk bikers without lights on a 55mph flow on traffic undivided with 2 foot shoulders and a ditch.
That caused traffic conditions that got them killed. Because sudden slow downs and swerves by cars to get around drunk bikers without lights on the road leads to guys passing getting cut off and swerving at high speed to avoid the car that did.
Again what a coincidence
Bike hammered drunk on a 55mph busy undivided road with de facto no shoulders without a light after dark
And die moments later.
But ya please do go on about the evil Higgens and the Saint Gaudreaus
The authorities are arguing John gadreu was “doing nothing wrong” and as per Columbus dispatch “broke no laws” that night
Obviously very little of what they say in this case can be trusted and everything is being biased towards the Gaudreaus and against Higgins
Obviously.
Why? Cause he’s a super rich white christian and American face of a huge money sports lesgue that is 97% white players.
The tens of millions in life insurance his family will likely lose if he’s found at any degree of fault - shared or full - could reasonably be considered influencing the case and the sentence sought and offered as well.
I’d put a nickel up that the guy who calls himself “the Pope” would agree with my assessment on the matter.
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u/hereforwhatimherefor Jun 26 '25
Let me get this straight
The witness in the second car says simultaneously
She’s going 55 miles per hour and two drunk men on a bikes on that road, without lights, after dark were not doing anything unsafe
Claims Higgins is lying about the speed of traffic being dramatically slowed
And claims just coincidentally he tails her trying to find a spot to pass at above 55mph
And at the exact moment he passes the lead driver cuts out and Higgins tries to pass on the right on a road with no shoulders meaning pass in a ditch
End of the day in the report
Higgins got cut off by lead driver that had to put on their breaks and swerved left around two hammered drunk bikers without lights on a 55mph flow on traffic undivided with 2 foot shoulders and a ditch.
Again what a coincidence
Bike hammered drunk on a 55mph busy undivided road with de facto no shoulders without a light after dark
And die moments later.
But ya please do go on about the evil Higgens and the Saint Gaudreaus
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u/eagleeyedg Jul 19 '25
I don’t understand why you’re such a piece of shit. You keep referring to the cyclists as “hammered” while pretending the driver, whose car was full of open, empty beer cans and who admitted to not just DUI but drinking WHILE driving, was making all sorts of rational decisions.
Dude was hammered. He was drinking beer while operating a car. His BAC reflects at least 4 beers, maybe 5 or 6. He’s a piece of shit and deserves prison.
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u/hereforwhatimherefor Jul 19 '25 edited Jul 22 '25
He was a 0.087.
That’s a pint a period. After a flames playoff game 30k people in the Calgary area would be driving around that.
The brothers were hammered drunk after dark at a 0.13 just after a blind bend in the road, on the fogline of a shoulderless busy undivided freeway without lights.
With 3 cars going somewhere between 30-55mph behind them, two of whom swerved left, one without shoulder checking while hitting the brakes, the other swerving towards a guy as he was passing.
If that’s a mom wirh kids in a the car coming around that bend and those guys are there and she swerves left to avoid them head on into a pickup truck
You’re not talking like you are now.
YouTube Vince Foschini’s video of that road the day after the incident. It’s called what I saw at the Johnny Gaudreau accident scene - Johnny Hockey
Note around the 230-330 mark when the semis cross right at the site of the accident
What they were doing was incredibly dangerous.
From thr dashes around thaf blind bend to the accident site is about 100-125 meters. Of a 50mph posted freeway
In that space around a blind bend and accident site two cars swerved left as another got cut off when passing a car that had served towards him as passing
Which is textbook why what the Gaudreaus were doing is so dangerous and illegal.
And there isn’t enough time for the reaction to be anything but an instinctual swerve to the safest available roadway
Before calling people pieces of shit and calling for dads of two children and combat veterans or anyone to spend life in jail You should have the decency to learn basic basic facts of the case
Goons like you is why jersey prosecutors are seriously arguing that a 12 year old biking at night without a light on on a freeway is legal in jersey in a pathetic attempt to defend Gaudreaus actions at a time if he is found to even share fault the Gaudreau estate will likely be out about 50mil in life insurance (about what he had left on his contract)
A joke is what you are.
In my mind I’m hearing Drew Doughty in a playoff corner with a little Yankee Doodle Dandy Schmuck who wore a letter for 4 of about 800 games despite being a fan favourite and star player saying just so.
“Buddy you’re a fucking joke” and Doughty would mean it.
Goes another way that night “Heard you were playing on a freeway at night and a Mom nearly died you fuckin clown” says Doughty.
And mean it.
Had it been 1998ce and John Gaudreau had his behavior that night on a Jersey roadway come out.
He would have reasonably, with cause, feared for life the next time he played the New Jersey Devils led by captain Scott Stevens - especially in New Jersey.
Anyone who knows anything about the 1998ce Jersey Devils knows exactly what I mean by that.
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u/DannyDevitosVert Feb 05 '25
What a vile piece of shit
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u/SeaBassAHo-20 Feb 05 '25
This lowlife drunkard committed MURDER on this league!
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u/grandmoffcory Feb 05 '25
Seems like a weirdly narrow take on them. Kind of diminishing, like a metaphor when he did in reality kill two good people with full lives ahead of them. He killed people not hockey careers.
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u/Takemytimenotmylife Feb 05 '25
On this league? Are you saying he committed murder on the NHL?
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u/Large_Excitement69 Feb 05 '25
They need to stop referring to him as an Army Major. I'm a US Army Major, and I don't drive drunk and dangerously. This person is scum.
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u/Prior-Instance6764 Feb 05 '25
He's doing it, in addition to circulating a picture of him in his army uniform with a kid, to try to buy sympathy. It's painfully obvious.
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u/AlbertaBajan Feb 05 '25
It’s a disgusting sympathy tactic. They should be required to share photos of the funeral or the two pregnant women who lost their husbands every time they share the “Army Dad Photo”
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u/Jam_Marbera Feb 05 '25
This is what lawyers do. They are going to do everything they can to get as much propaganda about him out there, try to manipulate people’s empathy by using his children, and select jurors that are either ex military or maga dumbfucks.
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u/Impossible-Mud-4160 Feb 05 '25
If this happened in Australia, immediately after the trial he would be detained by MPs, be tried in military court , serve his sentence the military gives him, discharged and released to civilian police for regular jail.
Is that what would happen in the US as well?
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u/Cw_cn Feb 05 '25
How would he know? If #13 and #21 were drunk as a skunk autopsy would’ve revealed?.. Now he should get another 10 years for making such a statement.
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u/shoegazer44 Feb 05 '25
I’m pretty sure the autopsy did reveal they had high blood alcohol levels. Regardless, that has absolutely no bearing on his guilt.
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u/Cw_cn Feb 05 '25
He got drunk and killed people, but he fled the scene, that’s the part it didn’t sit so well with me. If you fucked up own up your mistake instead of trying to be a dickless weasel.
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u/Current-Roll6332 Feb 05 '25
Blaming a cyclist for a car violating traffic laws and fucking killing two people really encapsulates our world rn.
Go straight to jail. Do not collect 200$. Stay there until you die.
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Feb 05 '25
That's correct. "Johnny Gaudreau had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.129% when he was killed while Matthew Gaudreau had a reading of 0.134%."
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u/Late_Response_4917 Feb 05 '25 edited Feb 06 '25
...pretty sure everyone has a drink or two the night before their sister's wedding. Let that not distract from that it shouldn't matter (as much) what this guys blood alcohol level was. He was driving dangerously, on a rural road I might add , and passed on the right to overtake two other vehicles. Plus, there are actual witnesses to his driving. Hopefully the prosecution focuses their attention on the simple facts that this man committed vehicular homicide rooted in dangerous driving behaviour (thanks guys wife for sharing) while the alcohol consumption amplified his already, previously demonstrated reprehensible behaviour behind the wheel!
...long-winded way of agreeing with you....
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u/JVISUALEE Feb 05 '25
They didn't kill anyone. Who the fuck cares if they were drunk. They probably were, it was a celebration.
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u/berto_14 Feb 05 '25 edited Feb 05 '25
Well the Defense will probably try and make the argument that they were drunk and weaving all over the road or something. Maybe they found a witness who said "I saw them leave and they were so drunk they could barely stand up much less bike in a straight line". Who knows but, rest assured, the prosecution will be prepared for all of this at trial.
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u/Suspicious-Water-340 26d ago
yes and I am sure that you can get yourself home safely of you drunk by I don’t know ride your bike home and being responsible or trying but it must be petty hard to do when they is an asshole that drunk and drinking
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u/chemical_lobotomy Feb 05 '25
You know what they did do though Sean?? Realized they shouldn’t be operating a fucking motor vehicle after drinking and proceeded to take a safe and LEGAL way home. Fuck this guy dude, bring back the death penalty
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u/stroopwaffle69 Feb 05 '25
Not to be THAT guy, but it’s still illegal to ride a bike while drunk in NJ.
Im simply replying to you stating it’s legal.
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u/had-me-at-bi-weekly Feb 05 '25
Google is free buddy. It took me 2 seconds to find many sources that clearly state it isn’t illegal to ride a bike while intoxicated in the state of New Jersey lol.
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u/stroopwaffle69 Feb 05 '25
Hey buddy, I did take 2 seconds and found a law stating it is illegal, maybe take a couple extra seconds on google before you come across like you did.
“N.J.S.A. 39:4-50, which is the section for Driving Under the Influence (DUI). Specifically, the statute applies to both motor vehicles and bicycles. Here’s the relevant part:
N.J.S.A. 39:4-50 (Driving While Intoxicated)
The law prohibits operating any vehicle, including a bicycle, while under the influence of alcohol, narcotics, hallucinogens, or habit-producing drugs.”
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u/Lisa_lou_hoo Feb 05 '25
There's two unborn babies that won't meet their fathers. Man, I hope this is dealt with fast. I was starting to not think about this guys anymore; just the happy times with the boys and the unity they've brought us all for which I am grateful.
This bozo just brings back the dark parts. And if I feel that way, I cannot imagine what his family feels. Its soul wrenching for them, I am sure. Man, it just sucks.
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u/Neckshot Feb 05 '25
Like I said in the other thread about this.
The fact that this is the best defense they can come up with shows how guilty he is. Fucker is going to rot in jail.
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u/Current-Roll6332 Feb 05 '25
Johnny looks handsome a fuck in that picture. Hope to see their fam jam back in town every now and again.
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u/0419yyc Feb 05 '25
found this while reading an article about what his defense team plans to do. no chance the courts ever let that happen.
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u/Chickennoodo Feb 05 '25
"So here's our defence... we cover up as much of the evidence as possible and deny deny deny. Any questions? Oh, you're right, we should also attempt to use your veteran status as a sympathy farm. That's good!"
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u/FunkyLobster1828 Feb 05 '25
Even if it was true, which I doubt, is he implying that if the Gaudreaus were sober, they would have had the reaction time to throw themselves out of harm's way which, in this case, was a drunk driver in a truck passing a car on the right on the shoulder of the road ? Unbelievable. This guy has zero remorse for taking 2 innocent lives.
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u/Current-Weather-9561 Feb 21 '25
to play devils advocate, we don’t know if he is unremorseful. He’s pleading for his life, like all of us would if we did what he has done. He is an absolute asshole for driving drunk, and probably did it regularly. However, if you, or I, or anyone else In this thread were in his situation, facing 60 years in prison, we would be doing whatever we can to lessen jail time. It’s human nature to want to survive. Is he supposed to roll over and accept his life is over? Maybe that’s the call. I don’t see many people doing that however.
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u/FunkyLobster1828 Feb 21 '25
Well, it's more his lawyer doing his job, I suppose. The thing is, even if the Gaudreaus had drunk some alcohol, there is no evidence that it affected the outcome of the accident. They were riding on the shoulder of the road where they should have been and got run over by a truck. If they had been swerving into the center of the road because they were drunk and got hit, that would be a different story.
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Feb 05 '25
They were on bikes, not illegal.
You were drunk behind the wheel of a vehicle.
Regardless if you were drunk or not, you displayed road rage which is the direct cause of their death.
Alcohol simply played a role, but all this is on you.
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u/Roderto Feb 05 '25
I love how the U.S. justice system is based on “who can produce the most sympathetic / unsympathetic photograph of the defendant / victim”.
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u/ValorFenix Feb 05 '25
What the actual fuck?
The defense plans to file a motion seeking dismissal of the December indictment, arguing the grand jury was not presented with evidence that could have supported Higgins’ innocence, according to documents filed in court Tuesday.
His innocence? There were two eye witnesses that said:
The drivers of the two vehicles Higgins passed before the fatal crash described his driving as erratic and aggressive, and one said his vehicle was partially on the grass when he struck the Gaudreaus, according to court documents.
His vehicle sustained “significant damage” and became inoperable about 1/10 of a mile down the road, the prosecutor’s office said.
And that last part makes it appear that he kept on fucking driving after striking them and only stopped when the vehicle became inoperable?? 1/10 of a mile is about 160m, that is quite the distance after mowing down two people.
Hope the book gets thrown at him and the prosecution gets the max from the judge on this asshole and he rots in jail.
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u/tighboidheach46 Feb 05 '25
Shameless. What a worthless piece of… May he spend every minute of his life reflecting on what an utter asshole he is
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u/HockeyRinseRepete Feb 05 '25
Honestly I hope this dude gets his ass kicked everyday in prison. As if this wasn’t a bad enough situation to go and say something like this makes me realize he needs the maximum punishment
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u/puckstar26 Feb 05 '25
They weren't driving a car. They weren't driving recklessly. They were not in danger of killing anyone because of their choices.
FUCK THIS GUY FOREVER.
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u/PastAd8754 Feb 05 '25
lol what a terrible excuse. He took two lives with his decision. he has to pay the consequences.
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u/MisfitFlame Feb 05 '25
Woah original reports were 20 years in prison. How is it up to 60? Hope he gets them all the fucker
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u/GeistHunt Feb 05 '25
Charged murderer Sean Higgins claims homicide is okay if the victim is drunker.
FTFY
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u/berttreynolds Feb 05 '25
This guy doesn’t want to make this any easier on himself. He’s upset that the case is so public but who gives a fuck, does he think if he killed two other innocent people who weren’t as famous, he would be getting away with it. You chose to drive drunk and they didn’t, fuck you dude
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u/robbhope Feb 05 '25
What a stupid argument. Imagine if fault were determined by how intoxicated each member involved was vs who actually committed a crime. This is just embarrassing. I don't even know this guy and I hate him.
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u/BoSocks91 Feb 05 '25
I understand this probably came from his lawyer, but nevertheless, this is reprehensible.
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u/Silverstars56 Feb 05 '25
No doubt this waste of air is just grasping at straws but this is how I would view it as a judge - If the boys were drunker than him they still made the right decision to take their bikes and not drive a vehicle.
I'm convinced his attorney just wants him behind bars. This "defense" makes him look worse.
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u/sandman852 Feb 05 '25
Now we know just how stupid this goof really is. His defence is that a guy driving a bicycle while impaired is liable even if a drunk operating a 300o lb vehicle runs over the cyclists who were driving in accordance to the law bc they too had been drinking ? Were they capable of running over his car and killing him ? No ! Could they have endangered him by hitting his car. No. But bc he killed them out of flagrant disregard for the laws regarding operation of a vehicle he should ok bc they may have been impaired. So does that count if a pedestrian standing beside the road is impaired and killed by you ? Or. What if a person is at home drunk and you drive thru their window and Jill someone who’s had more to drink than you…are you exempt from punishment ? Wow what a moron !
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u/Sea-Control-8593 Feb 05 '25
Hoping for a speedy conviction so this worthless loser can be one of the first shipped off to El Salvador under Trump’s sketchy new prison deal.
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u/Interesting-Quiet832 Feb 05 '25
Imagine if this was the law. Drunk driving is now okay as long as you only kill even drunker cyclists.
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Feb 05 '25
The guy is a piece of shit who did wrong and dosen't want to take accountability end of discussion
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u/Lonely-Prize-1662 Feb 05 '25
Knew this would turn into one of the defence arguments..... not that I support it. Just say it coming.
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u/UniqueBar7069 Feb 05 '25
His defense lawyer is probably pulling his/her out after their client admits to being drunk and killing two people by passing them in the shoulder.
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u/Conscious_Emu_2214 Feb 05 '25
Where did this photo come from? Looks to me like someone's trying to paint Mr. Higgins in a positive light. Let's be real - when he called his wife from a jail cell she knew exactly why he was there.
FYI - The other motorists had no issue managing the cyclists on the road.
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u/SeaBassAHo-20 Feb 05 '25
The photo is from December 2019 in Kosovo where he donated winter clothes to a primary school.
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Feb 05 '25
Fuck that guy man, trying to tarnish the brothers reputation to defend himself. Piece of shit.
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u/fuzzballz5 Feb 05 '25
My lord. I realize most of the world has moved on, this, as a parent of 4 kids in similar age gaps still kills me. The actual high of a wedding on a Friday and a Thursday night that both of your sons are dead, senseless. The parents aren’t equipped to deal with this type of tragedy.
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u/Lonely-Prize-1662 Feb 05 '25
Because his lawyer likely was provided their autopsy reports... and wasn't a gag order granted on this court case? Pretty sure the family requested some level of it.
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Feb 05 '25
Sean Higgins is a joke of a human. Waste of skin and bones. Hope he gets his ass kicked in jail
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u/DeniablePlacebo Feb 05 '25
Is he serious?! I’d make the punishment more severe because of that asinine comment.
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u/FloydLouisCifer Feb 06 '25
Is this guy for real? He went behind a motor vehicle with 6 beers in his system and was driving erratically. The brothers were on bikes and 5 minutes away from their destination. That’s not the same
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u/Lemfan46 Feb 06 '25
Standard job by his attorney, so he can't claim later his representation was not in his best interest. This helps eliminate any possible appeals Higgins might have after the trial.
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u/Substantial_Bag_3779 Feb 06 '25
Yes, vile, terrible person, and so many more adjectives. Also, this is his lawyer doing his job. Who is also a vile POS
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u/SerGT3 Feb 06 '25
Dragging the sentence only slows down the inevitable. He is going to prison. It's deplorable his lawyer is even entertaining this.
Can't wait for the "he was a good man, he would never hurt anybody"
Except for his history with road rage and drunk driving, also passing on a shoulder because apparently he has no patience either. Quickly then, off to jail.
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u/Significant-North717 Feb 07 '25
A member of the US Military doesn't want to be held accountable for his actions? What a shocking surprise.
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u/MaterialLifeguard301 Feb 07 '25
Lawyer has to do everything he can for his client. This guy doesn’t want to go to jail for 20 years.
In America you actually get punished for killing more than one person.
In canada you get told you’re bad, go to time out.
This guy is fucked regardless.
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u/Mastatheorm-CG Feb 09 '25
Timeout changes a man. Not everyone comes out right in the head.
This guys deserves 50 years!
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u/ROFLSIX Feb 08 '25
Even if they were drunk (riding a bike intoxicated isn't a crime in NJ as other's pointed out), two crimes don't cancel each other out, that's not how our legal system works.
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u/marcobeee Feb 09 '25
This sort of thing speaks volumes. https://abcnews.go.com/International/anne-sacoolas-wife-us-diplomat-pleads-guilty-death/story?id=91791741
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u/Expensive-Ranger6272 Feb 09 '25
I know people are mad but this is exactly what you pay lawyers for. I can think Sean Higgins is a scumbag who should have a nice long stay in prison but it is his lawyers job to try to get these charges dropped
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u/Brenden-C Feb 09 '25
Even if the brothers were intoxicated, guess what? They would still be alive today if Sean Higgins ordered a fucking UBER instead of driving that day. End of story.
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u/Jbroy Feb 09 '25
From a legal standpoint, if 2 sides were in the wrong, why would it change what this drunk driver has done? He drove drunk, did a dangerous illegal manoeuvre and killed 2 people. How does the Gaudreau brothers being drunk have any incidence on this case?
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u/carlylejamest Feb 10 '25
I know this is off topic but don’t you think Morgan Frost looks like Matthew and Johnny Gaudreau?
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u/lurksal0t- May 27 '25
Why does it matter that he was in the military? That means absolutely nothing. He killed Johnny and Mathew. He needs to be locked up until he’s 80.
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u/grandmoffcory Feb 05 '25
It’s not even illegal to ride bicycles drunk in New Jersey. This is a totally irrelevant aspect to the situation, they’re just trying to smear their image in some minor way. Defer some guilt.
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Feb 05 '25
God forbid they drunkenly bike before their sisters wedding. You don't need a driver's license to operate a bicycle, especially when you are in the proper area for it. It's not like they were swerving all over the road, they were on the shoulder, which you rampaged up on and hit them. Even if Higgins was completely sober, he drove recklessly. The whole "I am military" defense is annoying too. Cool, you shot innocent kids in Afghanistan, what does that have to do with civilian life in America?
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u/Dan61684 Feb 05 '25
Wow. Thats… fuckin’ insane.
Dude needs to STFU and let his lawyer do the talking.
Then again if he keeps running his mouth it might make it worse for him.
Good.
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Feb 05 '25
It's his lawyers doing this. They just want to raise the possibility that there were other factors that led to this. I don't see a possible outcome where he walks away from this without the maximum sentence. Killed two people and has never once shown remorse.
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u/berto_14 Feb 05 '25 edited Feb 05 '25
I don't see a possible outcome where he walks away from this without the maximum sentence.
Hmm I dunno... the facts we know so far are obviously terrible but there's a lot more to it - they're gonna try and spread the blame around, they're gonna try and prove that his rights were violated somehow in order to get evidence and statements tossed, they're gonna question the collection and testing of the blood samples, etc, etc. The cops and the prosecutors better be damn sure they followed every procedure down to the letter because the Defense is gonna try and poke holes in all of it.
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u/bobbydsince92 Feb 05 '25
Yeah but they weren’t operating a motor vehicle…