Druzhba-78
Druzbha-78 was a U-18 ice hockey team based in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
Sexual abuse allegations and suicide
In January 2012, the coach and owner of the team, Ivan Pravilov, was accused of fondling a 14-year-old Ukrainian player whom he had invited to his home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.He was arrested and placed in a Federal Detention Center. Days later, he was found to be unresponsive at around 3:00 am; by 3:45, he was pronounced dead at a local hospital. Evidence suggested that he had committed suicide by hanging in his jail cell. The city medical examiner's office confirmed this on 23 February 2012.
A former student of Druzhba-78 had claimed in January 2012 that Pravilov had physically and sexually abused members of Druzhba-78.