A pair who accused the billionaire proprietor of the Edmonton Oilers of paying an underage ballerina $75,000 for sexual favors have withdrawn their civil declare in opposition to him in Nevada federal court docket.
The claims in opposition to the NHL staff’s proprietor, Daryl Katz, have been made by dance instructor Mitchell Taylor Button and his spouse, Dusty Button — not by the alleged sufferer, Sage Humphries, who denied the accusations by way of an legal professional.
The Buttons, who have been accused of sexual abuse by Humphries and 6 different ballerinas, withdrew their third-party counterclaim on Aug. 3, after being proven proof that their allegations have been false by the billionaire’s legal professionals.
“Mr. Katz’s counsel offered the Buttons with credible proof that key allegations weren't true, and these sources have been all mistaken,” the couple’s lawyer, Marc Randazza, advised The Submit in an announcement Monday. “No person ought to repeat these allegations in any context with out noting that they've been withdrawn and repudiated.”
The now-dropped counterclaim was made in response to a 2021 lawsuit filed in opposition to the Buttons by Humphries and different ballet dancers, who accused the couple of sexual abuse.
The Buttons advised the court docket in July that they have been in a consensual “throuple sexual relationship” with Humphries when she was 18 — but additionally alleged Katz had intercourse with the dancer when she was underage, calling her a “baby prostitute.”
Katz’s legal professional, Robert Klieger, denied the allegations in opposition to his consumer from the start, calling them “baseless and scurrilous.”
The hockey staff proprietor’s lawyer stated his consumer and Humphries met as soon as in 2016 to debate a mission the teenager was pitching to his movie firm, Silver Footage.
Humphries’ lawyer advised NBC Information in July that “Sage had a enterprise relationship with Mr. Katz and there was by no means any sexual relationship between them.”
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