In the statement made by CSKA Basketball Press Service, “Our team’s defender Alexei Shved was attacked by a hooligan at the exit of one of the restaurants in Moscow last night. – Alexei suffered a serious head injury as a result of the fall and was taken to the hospital by ambulance. The player applied to the police to investigate the incident. Due to his injury, Shved will not be able to play in the team’s next matches.
Telegram-channel Baza reported that the incident occurred at the restaurant “Jun” in the center of Moscow. At the same time as the athlete, there was a company of five people, probably Caucasian nationals, in the institution.
While the argument for unknown reasons took place at the exit of the restaurant, the fight took place in the street. As a result of the blow, Shved fell to the ground and blood began to flow from his ear. Restaurant employees came to the aid of the famous basketball player.
They then told law enforcement that the men “wanted to finish” Shved.
An ambulance was called to the scene, the doctors decided to take the basketball player to the hospital. Doctors later diagnosed him with a traumatic brain injury. Telegram channel Baza also claimed that the Swede was drunk at the time of the incident. But later, a source familiar with the situation told RIA Novosti that the athlete did not drink alcohol.
“Aleksey Shved is a regular customer of the restaurant, so the management recognizes him. The incident occurred around 11:15 PM.
Swede and that company were sitting in different halls, the basketball player was not drunk. “The company had reserved a table for a large number of people, but many did not show up, so they had problems with restaurant management,” he said.
The attack on Shved took place on May 1, earlier that day CSKA Moscow lost to Lokomotiv Kuban club in the semi-final series of the VTB Unified League. Obrad Fimich, the official representative of CSKA basketball player, explained the details of what happened.
After the match, Alexey and his wife went to a restaurant in the center of Moscow. They went out after dinner and a group of teenagers started bullying them for no reason. The men were clearly in an inadequate state. My client was aware of this, so he wanted to calmly disperse, because Alexey is a modest and peaceful person. But the men were determined to start a fight in the spirit of “the best traditions of the proudest inhabitants,” namely, one against four or five.
As a result, after hitting the head area, Alexei fell and hit his head on the pavement. He suffered an open penetrating craniocerebral injury with skull fractures and brain contusion!
He survived such an event thanks to a merciful God. Maybe it helped that he became a professional athlete who pushes his limits every day. And what if it was a simple, uneducated person? – He quotes Fimich’s “Sport Express” lyrics.
Telegram channel Baza also states that the beaten athlete was diagnosed with retrograde amnesia. He remembers almost nothing of what happened to him that evening.
Criminal lawyer Maxim Kalinov, in a conversation with socialbites.ca, talked about what punishment threatens those who attack a basketball player.
“Here’s the situation. Since CSKA basketball player Alexei Shved was injured as a craniocerebral injury, I would say most likely from his practice of working as a researcher and lawyer on the investigative committee, this injury would be considered grievous bodily harm. Also, it was admitted that a group of individuals inflicted serious bodily harm with a hooligan motive. It is not known whether it will.
Then article D, part 2 of article 111 of the Penal Code tells us this, the penalty is up to ten years in prison. Most likely, this will be punishment: there were several attackers.
In any case, a forensic examination will be carried out and everything will depend on its result. There are two options: either the basketball player has been seriously harmed, as I said, the penalty is up to ten years in prison or the damage will be moderate, then according to paragraph D of Part 2 of Article 112. According to the Penal Code, the penalty is up to five years in prison,” he said.
The head of CSKA basketball club, Andrey Vatutin, spoke about the situation of the defense and emphasized that a police report was kept about this incident.
“He is in the hospital after a traumatic brain injury.
I understand that it is not life threatening, but it will become clear today or tomorrow how seriously the health has been damaged.
As for the circumstances and causes of the attack, it is best to contact law enforcement. I hope these comrades are found and punished. A police report has already been filed. I do not know the details of the attack, ”RIA Novosti quotes Vatutin.
The VTB United League has already expressed its readiness to provide Shved with all necessary assistance. League President Sergei Kushchenko noted that it is necessary to carefully understand the past story.
“This is some kind of game, disgrace, impossible to find other words. We are following the situation closely.
As far as I know, Alexei was there with his family. Of course, he couldn’t be the initiator of the event. It is important to understand this whole story carefully. I don’t think it’s a sport or a close-to-sports story. Basketball is a smart sport. Law enforcement should do a pretty quick assessment of what’s going on, after all, there’s so much information, they need to know absolutely everything.
I wish Alexey good health! A kind of unimaginable story, horror is simple. Of course we will help Alexei. We will do everything necessary for him to regain his health, ”Match TV quotes Kushchenko.
As part of the Russian national team, Alexey Shved won the bronze medal of the 2012 Olympic Games and the 2011 European Championship. The defender played for CSKA Moscow from 2005 to 2012 and returned to the army team in 2021. He defended the colors of Khimki near Moscow and Dynamo Moscow in Russia, managed to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA), where he played for teams such as the Minnesota Timberwolves, Philadelphia Seventy Sixers, Houston Rockets, New from 2012 to 2015. York Knicks.