On the day his autobiography is released, it appears Theoren Fleury may be willing to pursue charges against his former junior hockey coach.
According to the Calgary Herald, Fleury is looking at the possibility of pressing charges against Graham James, the man he alleges sexually abused him during his playing days with the Moose Jaw Warriors of the Western Hockey League. While he is looking at all his options, Fleury tells TSN he has yet to make a decision on the matter.
''We're looking into it,'' Fleury told the Calgary Herald. ''We have a group, a team of people in place, doing just that. We want to make sure we're protected in this and everything is in order. But I think there'll be something (to announce) soon.
''We're going to do what's best for me and my family. I think the last four years I've shown that I've made the right choices. And I'll do that again. We want people like Graham James off the street, in places where they should be.''
In 1997, James was sentenced to 42 months in prison after former NHLer Sheldon Kennedy and another junior hockey player accused him of sexual assault during their time in the WHL.
While me admits he wasn't ready to travel down this path before, he knew once he wrote his book entitled 'Playing With Fire' that legal action could be the next step.
''I'm ready for it. I'm strong enough now to handle it,' Fleury told the Herald. ''I'm at a good place, a safe place, in my life. I've stopped playing the victim: 'Poor me, poor me, poor me. Pour me another one.'