I thought the "disgusting" comment was referring to the fact that there were rumors about Bedard's mother - I took it as "it's disgusting that people make up these rumors".

Verbally abusing, I can see. Physically would be a legal matter, you'd think.

Edit: My wife just sent me this Yahoo article that implies it was an event involving a team employee. Makes me wonder if he said something racist or homophobic or something like that!