According to several accounts, St. Louis Blues forward Mike Danton has been arrested and charged with attempting to arrange a contract killing:
FBI agents arrested professional hockey player Michael Danton on Friday on charges he tried to hire someone to murder a man who had apparently been his lover, according to court documents. . .The allegation said Danton wanted the intended victim murdered at his St. Louis apartment in a way that made it look as though he was a thief who had broken in.
The target of the plot, when interviewed by the FBI, said "that he and Danton had a severe argument on Tuesday, April 13, 2004 concerning Danton's promiscuity and use of alcohol."
"The acquaintance threatened to leave Danton," the complaint continued.
After the FBI had foiled the plot, the man Danton wanted dead allowed investigators to record a telephone conversation with Danton, according to the allegation.
"The acquaintance called Danton and asked Danton why he wanted to have him killed. Danton broke down and sobbed," it said.
"Danton explained that he felt backed into a corner and felt that the acquaintance was going to leave him. Danton did not want to allow the acquaintance to leave him, and therefore decided to have him murdered."
Another account from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, claims that the man Danton wanted killed had actually threatened to go Blues management with information concerning Danton's personal life.
Whatever the truth is, it looks like Court TV is going to have a field day.
POSTSCRIPT: If this is true, if Danton is convicted and goes to jail, maybe he can share a cell with Rae Carruth.
