Dustin Penner — former hockey star for the Ducks and Kings — gets in a confrontation with a BJJ black belt and Gym, in what is a a civil dispute over money.
TMZ broke the story:
Here’s what allegedly went down — an Orange County gym that holds kickboxing classes for kids got rolled by 6 guys and a German Shepherd back in December. The crew made off with everything — punching bags, floor mats, boxing dummies — and TMZ obtained surveillance video of the incident.
Sources connected to the Orange County gym say Penner was one of the guys who made off with all the gear. In the video you can see the 2-time Stanley Cup winner squaring off with a manager of the gym.
Penner tells TMZ he was just helping a buddy repo the gear because the gym had missed payments on the equipment.
But our gym sources insist they’ve paid in full, and they consider it a robbery. Cops disagree, and tell us they’ve decided it’s a civil matter, not criminal.
Mar 31, 2013; Dallas, TX, USA; Los Angeles Kings left wing Dustin Penner (25) warms up before the game against the Dallas Stars at the American Airlines Center. The Kings defeated the Stars 3-2. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports
Dustin Penner (born September 28, 1982) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who is currently an unrestricted free agent. Penner was not drafted by an NHL team; in 2004, he was signed as a free agent by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim after playing college hockey for the University of Maine in the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA). Penner won the Stanley Cup in his first full season with the (renamed) Anaheim Ducks in 2007, adding a second Stanley Cup in his first full season with the Los Angeles Kings in 2012.
