In 2024, the Russian striker of the New York Rangers Club Artemy Panarin and Madison Square Garden Sports, who owned the team, paid compensation to the former club employee who accused the hockey player of sexualized violence. This was reported by The Athletic with reference to sources. The club’s employee claimed that the incident occurred in December 2023 during the Rangers away match. Players and club staff were at the hotel after the game. According to the sources of the publication, Panarin allegedly took the club’s phone’s phone and told her that he would return him only if she rises behind him to his number. When the woman went into the room to pick up the phone, Panarin allegedly pressed her to the bed. She pushed him away, took the phone and left the room. The club employee did not apply to the police and did not announce the proposed incident to the management. She talked about what happened only three months later, when she was sent on a paid vacation during the investigation due to the fact that she shared with one of the players with her sedative medicine. According to the interlocutors of the publication in the club, the woman considered that she was treated unfairly, so she decided to inform the management of the incident with Panarin. In August 2024, Panarin and MSG Sports entered into an agreement providing for the payment of compensation to the employee, after which she left the club. Panarin and his agent did not respond to a request for a comment. MSG Sports said “the situation is settled.” The former club employee gave reporters a similar answer to the request for a comment. The NHL press service said that Rangers hired a third-party law firm for an independent investigation, about which the League was completely informed. “We consider the case closed,” added to the NHL. Artemy Panarin is one of the highest paid hockey players in the National Hockey League (NHL). Since 2019, he has played for the New York Rangers. In 2021, coach Andrei Nazarov said that Panarin allegedly got drunk in Riga’s bars in 2011 and beat a girl there. “New York Rangers” at the same time called Nazarov’s story “fabricated” and tied its appearance with the fact that Panarin critically spoke about the Russian authorities. The NHL did not conduct an investigation. The NHL refused to check Artemy Panarin, who was accused of beating a girl in a bar. The former teammate of the hockey player said that there was a conflict – but only Verbornynhl refused to check Artemy Panarin, who was accused of beating a girl in a bar. The former teammate of the hockey player said that there was a conflict – but only verbal (Tagstotranslate) News
