Read news from:
Austria
SHARE
COPY LINK

R

Zetterberg signs landmark contract with Detroit

Swedish star Henrik Zetterberg signed a 12-year multi-million dollar contract with Detroit in a deal that will likely keep him with the Red Wings for the remainder of his career.

Published: 29 January 2009 06:59 CET

Swedish hockey star Henrik Zetterberg has signed a 12-year, multi-million dollar contract with Detroit in a deal that will likely keep him with the Red Wings for the remainder of his ice hockey career.

Detroit did not release financial terms, but the American media reported the deal is worth $72 million, which would make it the most lucrative contract in franchise history.

“We are thrilled that a player we drafted and developed will play out his career in Detroit with this lifetime contract,” Red Wings general manager Ken Holland said.

The 28-year-old Zetterberg enjoyed the best season of his career in 2007-08, collecting a career-high 43 goals and 49 assists.

The native of Sweden tallied 13 goals and 27 points in 22 playoff contests during Detroit’s run to its fourth Stanley Cup in 11 years. It was Zetterberg’s first title.

A gold medal winner with Sweden in the 2006 Olympic Games, Zetterberg has notched 169 goals and 375 points during his six-year National Hockey League career – all spent with the Red Wings.

“Henrik is one of the world’s premier players,” Holland added.

R

Former Paris deputy mayor ‘charged with rape’, say sources

A former deputy mayor of Paris accused of sexual harassment by a co-worker was charged on Friday with rape and other sexual assaults, several sources said.

Published: 10 October 2020 09:18 CEST
Former Paris deputy mayor 'charged with rape', say sources
Pierre Aidenbaum stands behind Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo at a silent march in honour of a murdered Jewish woman. Photo: Francois Guillot/AFP
Pierre Aidenbaum, 78, stepped down as deputy mayor last month just weeks after another deputy mayor quit due to protests over his links to a known paedophile.
   
He was questioned by a judge on Friday and charged, a source close to the case who refused to be named told AFP.
   
A judicial source, who also wished to remain anonymous, added Aidenbaum had been banned from contacting any victim or witness, and cannot show up at city hall.
   
His lawyer Maud Touitou told AFP Aidenbaum had been “hit hard” by the accusations against him “and the suffering expressed”.
 
   
 
Aidenbaum's resignation last month came after another deputy to Mayor Anne Hidalgo, Christophe Girard, quit in July.
   
Opposition politicians and women's groups had demanded his suspension over ties to Gabriel Matzneff, a writer who has never hidden his preference for sex with adolescent girls and boys.
   
Girard has since himself been accused of sexually abusing a minor in a New York Times report he has vehemently denied.
   
Aidenbaum remains on the city council despite his resignation as deputy mayor, but on Friday Hidalgo asked him to give up his seat “immediately”.
SHOW COMMENTS