Man Reportedly Arrested, Charged For Throwing Banana Peel At Wayne Simmonds

Moorhouse reportedly faces an interesting charge for the incident, which seems sort of like a catch-all for situations such as the one involving the banana.

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Even though the league couldn’t find conclusive evidence, it seems evident that Simmonds crossed the line by reading his lips in the following the video:

In any case, Campbell did reaffirm the league’s stance against homophobic language in his statement:

Video via Yahoo!‘s Ryan Lambert:

For the video impaired, Simmonds clearly mouthed a slur against homosexuals. It starts with an F. You can deduce from there what he said.

Simmons took the incident in stride, shrugging it off as if it was no big deal when speaking to reporters after the game. Philadelphia Daily News reporter Frank Seravelli passed along the post-game interviews from the arena.

A teammate, who asked to remain anonymous, didn’t take kindly to the thrown banana peel and stood up for Simmonds after the game.

Here’s the word from Frank Seravalli of the Philadelphia Daily News.

Even worse, it happened more than once, says Danny Gray, a fan who was at the game.