A newly-filed U.S. civil suit claims Daryl Katz, the billionaire owner of the Edmonton Oilers, paid a teenage ballet dancer $75,000 in exchange for "her sexual favours." A lawyer representing Katz denied the allegations. Screen shots of alleged textsThe lawsuit makes a number of unsubstantiated allegations about Katz, Humphries, and her family. A text exchange, allegedly between Katz and teenage ballerina Sage Humphries, filed as part of a U.S. civil suit. In a statement to CBC News, the lawyer representing Humphries and the other dancers dismissed the action as a "meaningless sideshow."

Source: CBC News July 21, 2022 06:01 UTC