Oilers' Daryl Katz faces allegations of paying underage ballet dancer for sex: report

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Daryl Katz, a Canadian billionaire and owner of the NHL’s Edmonton Oilers, is reportedly facing allegations that he paid thousands of dollars for "sexual favors" from a ballet dancer who was underage at the time.

The allegations were made in the U.S. District Court in Nevada as part of a third-party counterclaim, CBC News reported Wednesday. The counterclaim was in response to a 2021 lawsuit filed against dance teacher Mitchell Taylor Button and his wife Dusty Button who were accused of sexual abuse. The counterclaim stated Katz had a sexual relationship with ballerina Sage Humphries when she was 17. The business mogul was 53.

The new counterclaim was filed after Taylor Button and his wife filed another counterclaim stating the Buttons were in a so-called "throuple sexual relationship" with Humphries when she was 18. The counterclaim alleged Katz and two other men had sexual relationships with Humphries when she was underage and seeks to hold the men responsible for damages, CBC News reported.

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Leon Draisaitl poses on stage with team personnel after being selected third overall by the Edmonton Oilers during the 2014 NHL Entry Draft at Wells Fargo Center on June 27, 2014 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Dave Sandford/NHLI via Getty Images)

"Humphries was literally a child prostitute to a billionaire and her mother assisted her in laundering the money she was paid and in trafficking her to Katz," the claim alleged.

CBC News published text messages allegedly exchanged between Humphries and Katz. The NHL owner allegedly texted, "And just between us? Even though u r (sic) wise beyond your years given our respective ages it would be