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The son of Philadelphia Flyers general manager and former NHLer Daniel Briere has been placed on probation for pushing a woman’s wheelchair down the stairs in a Pennsylvania bar in March.
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Carson Briere and fellow Mercyhurst University athlete Patrick Carrozzi had their applications for accelerated rehabilitative disposition — a first-time, non-violent offenders program — approved by the Erie County District Attorney’s Office and Judge John J. Mead earlier this week, the Erie Times-News reported.
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A video of the two student-athletes shoving the wheelchair down the stairs went viral afterward and the incident made headlines across North America.
The wheelchair’s owner, Sydney Benes, lost her legs in 2021 as a result of a car crash.
The wheelchair was at the top of the stairs because Benes needed to be carried downstairs to use the restroom at Sullivan’s Irish Pub.
“All that was going through my head was, ‘Man I hope this was an accident, I hope that this wasn’t on purpose,’” Benes said in an interview with YourErie.com in March, according to the New York Post.
“The head security guard had went and saw the one kid and the hockey player and made him come apologize to me, which wasn’t very sincere,” she said at the time.
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Briere and Carrozzi both apologized to Benes in court on Tuesday before appearing before the judge.
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Brier’s attorney told the judge his client received counselling, volunteered for a disabled veterans hockey club and attempted to pay for the damages to Benes’ wheelchair.
“I am deeply sorry for my behaviour on Saturday,” Briere said in a statement in March. “There is no excuse for my actions and I will do whatever I can to make up for this serious lack of judgment.”
Briere was suspended indefinitely and later dismissed by Mercyhurst following the incident. He is listed online as now playing for Neuilly-sur-Marne in France. He had previously been dismissed from the Arizona State hockey team in 2019 for violating undisclosed team rules, according to reports.
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