TORONTO - Andre Deveaux has lashed back at his accusers.
Facing legal action in Sweden for his vicious attack on Vasteras HK defenceman Per Helmersson in late March, Deveaux made his first public statements since the incident at a Toronto hotel on Friday morning.
Sitting at a table with his pregnant wife Anya Nordstrom, Deveaux and his handlers presented a video which clearly showed Helmersson driving his head into the boards from behind just one game prior to his mugging of the Vasteras HK blueliner.
Deveaux claims the hit by Helmersson gave him a concussion. Six weeks later, he still is feeling the health-related reverberations.