Slava Voynov taken into custody by U.S Immigration

Nathan Fenno of the Los Angeles Time is reporting that suspended Los Angeles Kings defenseman Slava Voynov has been taken into custody by the United States Immigration and Custom Enforcement. Voynov had recently been in a luxury jail following a 45-day stay following his no contest plea for misdemeanor domestic violence.

The same report says Voynov is being held at detention facility pending an immigration hearing.

After Voynov’s release in Seal Beach, ICE took him into custody and is holding the Russian citizen at an unspecified detention facility pending a hearing by an immigration judge, an agency spokeswoman said Thursday.

Because of the violent nature of Voynov’s legal entanglement — which brought him to the attention of ICE in the first place — the agency didn’t set a bond.

The Kings declined comment while Voynov’s agent didn’t immediately return a request for comment.

As the report notes, Voynov, who signed a six-year $25 million deal back in 2013, is suspended with pay.

If Voynov’s career (not that it matters at this point in comparison to the seriousness of his crime) was in peril before, these latest developments are surely an indication that, at least for the time being, he’s done in the National Hockey League. Don’t expect him to suit up in a Kings jersey anytime soon.

We’ll update the situation should more details emerge.

(Image via Los Angeles Times / Mark Boster)

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