Report: new details emerge about Todd Ewen's death

In 2015, the hockey world was shook when we learned about the death of former NHL enforcer Todd Ewen. It was revealed it was a suicide, but there is more to the story than just just, the New York Times reported.
Ewen committed suicide in September of 2015 at the age of 49, everyone instantly thought that C.T.E was the cause of death of a another professional athlete. It was for that reason that everyone was completely surprised when neuropathologist Lili-Naz Hazrati came back negative for C.T.E, indicating that Ewen never suffered from the degenerative disease that is caused due to repeated head injuries.

Ewen's wife Kelli couldn't believe it as she said to have witnessed every symptom of C.T.E in her husband.

According the the Times, Kelli couldn't believe that her husband's results came back negative and decided to request that his brain tissue be sent to doctors at Boston University's C.T.E Center. To her surpise, the results came back positive for signs of the degenerative disease so the tissue was then sent to the Mayo Clinic, this time anonymously, and once again, the results were positive.

How could Hazrati get things so wrong? Many things have raised suspicions, including the fact that she's been an expert witness for the NHL in their ongoing law battles with former NHLers. A spokesperson for the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto where Hazrati is employed confirmed that Hazrati has given expert testimonies on the NHL's behalf all while claiming the NHL hasn't given Hazrati or the hospital credit for their work.

Ewen's lawyer, Brian Gudmundson, has brought Hazrati's credibility into question pointing to statements she's made about the existence of the disease.

I do not believe enough research has been performed to date to show that C.T.E is a slowly progressive neurodegenerative disease, nor do I believe that the current research can explain the relationship between head impacts and pathology or head impacts and the symptoms described in the current C.T.E literature, Hazrati stated in a declaration back in April of 2017.

Gudmundson has openly asked why the neuropathologist who doesn't believe the disease exists would continue endlessly to try and obtain the brains of professional athletes who are donating their organs specifically for the purpose of research.