Several days after the violent incident in which US basketball player Hardy Chauncey died in the Romanian city of Giurgiu, details about the case are yet to be cleared. Official reports of the police and prosecutors say he was beaten by a single person, but reports by local officials and journalists speak of several aggressors. Links of Romanian politicians and public authorities to a Giurgiu underworld clan which is apparently involved in the case have also emerged.
US basketball player Hardy Chauncey died following an attack on him in a Giurgiu, South Romania club last weekend. The key suspect is George Ionut Tanasoaia, known locally as Gypsy Gypsanu. While the local mayor and the police have repeatedly said that Gypsy Gypsanu was not linked to a local underworld clan known as "Butoane" ("Buttons"), images on Facebook and statements by local people say that the suspect was in fact close to the clan.
Statements made by local various sources to a HotNews.ro correspondent about the incident in Emotione club, Giurgiu vary considerably., while official reports exclude any connection to the Giurgiu underworld bosses.
Several scenarios about the scenario of Chauncey Hardy's death have emerged:
multiple aggressors, video cameras in the club were shut. A local journalist told HotNews.ro that he was told by a witness how Chauncey did not fall to the ground immediately and managed to hit his aggressor twice. Then, Gypsy Gypsanu shut off the video cameras in the club, his friends emptied the venue and circled Chauncey and beat him. According to the source, the key suspect, "Gypsy Gypsanu" Tanasoaia, is linked to local mob boss Octavian Grecu also known as "Butoane".a single aggressor, a spontaneous conflict with no link to the Butoane clan, as declared by police officials.Chauncey Hardy was circled by men and was hit with a bottle, but no
