Los Angeles Kings defenceman Slava Voynov reported to a Southern California jail on July 7 to begin serving his 90-day jail sentence, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Voynov, 25, pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor count of corporal injury to a spouse on July 2.

As part of that deal, Los Angeles County Superior Court judge Eric C. Taylor allowed Voynov to choose which city jail he would serve his sentence in.

Voynov is reportedly serving his time at the Seal Beach Police Department Detention Center, a 30-bed facility that Voynov must pay $100 a day to stay in. Televisions must be switched off for "lights out" at 10 p.m. every night, and he was provided with bedding and a uniform.

With "good behaviour" and other reductions, Voynov is expected to serve 45 days or less, according to the Times. He must also complete a 52-week domestic violence prevention program and eight hours of community service.

Voynov was suspended with pay by the NHL last October after being arrested on a domestic assault charge in Redondo Beach, Calif., stemming from an altercation which reportedly began at a Kings team Halloween party.
 
The Kings moved to suspend Voynov's contract on June 24 because of a non-hockey injury suffered in March, when he suffered a torn Achilles tendon away from hockey-related activity. That means that even if Voynov is reinstated by the league, he would not be paid by the Kings next season until he is fit to play. Voynov earned $3 million last season.
 
The status of Voynov, a Russian national living and working in the United States, is also unknown. Taylor said at the sentencing that the possibility of Voynov's deportation is "in the hands of the immigration court, not this court," referring to United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
 
On June 30, the Kings terminated the contract of forward Mike Richards, citing a "material breach" and walked away from the $22 million owed to him through 2019-20.  According to the Winnipeg Sun, Richards was "held in custody … for at least four hours after allegedly trying to import" prescription painkiller OxyContin "across the Canada-U.S. border."
 
The NHLPA still has not filed a grievance on the termination of Richards's contract and has until Aug. 30 to do so, according to the Collective Bargaining Agreement.
 
Voynov is signed through 2018-19 with $19.5 million remaining. Earlier this month, Los Angeles Times columnist Helene Elliott called for Voynov's contract to be terminated in the same manner as Richards.
 
Frank Seravalli can be reached at frank.seravalli@bellmedia.ca.