A Hells Angels pleaded guilty Wednesday to punching the owner of a Rosemère restaurant at the end of a drunken night out in the summer of 2020.
Jean-Richard Larivière was arrested on July 6, 2020, for a dispute that degenerated at the Pizzeria Sofia restaurant.
The manager-owner had just announced the time of his last service before closing the doors. Unhappy that the evening was over, Larivière then attacked him, reported The newspaper at the time. The altercation was captured by surveillance cameras.
Larivière, 54, pleaded guilty yesterday to a charge of common assault. Charges of assault causing bodily harm and uttering threats were dropped.
“Mr. Larivière was in a very advanced state of intoxication, moreover the police seized invoices for his consumption of strong alcohol, gin, vodka, etc. “, summarized yesterday in court his lawyer, Me Isabelle Teolis.
She explained that her client was then struggling with a drinking problem.
Detained for four days following the events, the member of the Hells of the Montreal chapter had been released, on condition that he undergo therapy to resolve this problem.
Since then, he has never touched alcohol, he assured.
“More alcohol, more courts”, he launched to judge Sandra Blanchard, who “welcomed his efforts”, especially in times of pandemic.
The manager-owner for his part withdrew his complaint. He “understands the situation” of the accused and assures not to fear him, insisted Me Teolis, Wednesday.
Jean-Richard Larivière will have to donate $1,500 to the Breakfast Club organization. An 18 month probation was also ordered.
This summer evening 2020, he was with Hells François Vachon, who had also been arrested. The latter was acquitted on Wednesday of the assault charge once morest him.
Jean-Richard Larivière has already been fined $1,000 for obstructing police work at the 2018 Hells Martin Robert wedding in downtown Montreal. He was then intoxicated and the police had to subdue him with the electric pulse gun.
In 2004, he was sentenced to 11 and a half years in prison for gangsterism, conspiracy to murder and drug trafficking.
– With the collaboration de Christian Plouffe
