Golden Knights goaltender Robin Lehner and his partner Donya declared Chapter 7 personal bankruptcy with the District of Nevada on December 30th, 2022.
According to the general public filing, Lehner approximates the worth of his possessions in between $1-10 million while his liability to financial institutions is in between $10-50 million.
In the personal bankruptcy filing files, Lehner is said to be the owner of RL Exotics LLC, “which operates a reptile farm in Plato, Missouri, which is an operating business with 3 employees, and which requires reptiles to be maintained and fed.”
Lehner was very first connected to snakes back in 2017 when he supposedly acquired a collection of unique snakes for $1.2 million.
Renick consented to offer his snakes, ball pythons and anacondas, to NHL goalie Robin Lehner in early 2017 for $1.2 million. Lehner would pay Renick in quarterly installations of $200,000 throughout the year. Lehner made one such payment in February 2017. –Article by Lucas Geisler of KMIZ in St. Louis, Missouri
The male pointed out, Ben Renick, was killed in June 2017 by his partner Lynlee Renick who was consequently found guilty of the charges and sentenced to 16 years in prison. According to KMIZ, following Renick’s death, a suit was submitted versus Lehner in 2018 after he stopped paying for the snakes.
Lehner countersued in December of that year, declaring that he handled countless dollars in expenses looking after Renick’s animals. At some time after Ben’s death, he said, the snakes “began breeding amongst one another in an unsupervised, uncontrolled manner.” That triggered the collection of snakes to decline, however Lehner’s lawyers did not define by just how much.
Renick Reptiles then declared in July 2019 that at some time, Lehner “stole a collection of anacondas [from] Renick Reptiles’ place of business (as well as taking the collection of ball pythons that Lehner refused to pay for).” The claim does not state the number of snakes were supposedly taken.
The 2 sides unexpectedly revealed a settlement in November 2019. A filing in the Montgomery County estate case from that August said the 2 sides had actually reached a settlement, however wished to keep the regards to it private. Laiderman composed that both sides wished to “complete [Lehner]’s purchase of the [snakes].” –Article by Lucas Geisler of KMIZ in St. Louis, Missouri
In 2019, Lehner formed RL Exotics LLC and the business has actually been running because.
Noted amongst the possibly interested celebrations in the personal bankruptcy filing consist of the Vegas Golden Knights, Black Knight Sports & Home Entertainment, the National Hockey League, Newport Sports Management, and a monetary business called Sure Sports Financing.
Sure Sports Financing explains itself as a company that “specializes in low-interest, unsecured loans and contract advances to Professional Athletes in the NFL, MLB, NBA, WNBA, NHL, and MLS based on their player contracts.”
This is the exact same business that was taken legal action against by the trustee appointed to manage Evander Kane’s personal bankruptcy.
Sure Sports over 10 months crossing in between 2018 and 2019 set up almost $14 million in loans to Kane, according to court filings. Kane in early 2021 filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, stating $26.8 million in liabilities and letting loose a continuous vitriolic procedure in between financial institutions and the hockey star who just recently signed with the Edmonton Oilers. Sure Sports itself submitted as a lender, looking for almost $1.2 million it declared Kane owed in costs. –Article by Daniel Kaplan in The Athletic
The short article likewise connects Sure Sports to defaulted loans with NFL running back Adrian Peterson and MLS left-back Kemar Lawrence.
The personal bankruptcy declares that Lehner’s financial obligations are “primarily based on business debts that were incurred to help obtain money for a business or investment.”
In an email to SinBin.vegas, the lawyer representing Robin Lehner says both the Golden Knights’ group counsel and financial institutions have actually been warned of the personal bankruptcy filing.
