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The new charge falls within the purview of a different subsection that states: “He or she engages in a course of conduct or repeatedly commits acts which alarm or seriously annoy such other person and which serve no legitimate purpose.”

Lee, a longtime Sens executive who is also the GM for its AHL club, has pleaded not guilty to the original count, and his lawyer Paul Cambria says he’ll fight it hard and that the whole case is a misunderstanding.

Lee, who remains suspended until the outcome of his legal troubles, has told this newspaper that he would love to tell his side of the story but has been instructed against it.

According to the Buffalo Police Department report after his May 31 arrest, Lee asked to sit in the front passenger seat of his shuttle van on the way back to The Westin from 716, a sports bar.

It was around 10:30 p.m. on May 30 and Lee was in Buffalo for the scouting combine.

The teen driver had already told Lee to stop touching his shoulder when he started rubbing it, according to the driver’s sworn statement to police.

Then Lee offered to massage parts of his body and then “tried to get (the teen driver) to look at his groin area because he had an erection,” according to the police report.

Police investigated the next day and Lee was handcuffed and spent a night in a jail cell before being arraigned in court on June 1.

That same day, the young driver obtained a temporary protection order that prohibits Lee from communicating with the complainant. Lee must also stay clear of the hotel where he works.