(Las Vegas) Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Robin Lehner and his wife have declared bankruptcy in Nevada, citing up to $50 million in debt to dozens of creditors.
The Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing offers insight into the couple’s financial troubles, including money owed to as many as 50 people and businesses, according to the report. Las Vegas Review-Journal.
The couple filed for bankruptcy Dec. 30, months after a Wisconsin firm sued Lehner for four million, claiming the NHL goalie and his father failed to make payments on a business loan last year.
Both Lehner and his father, Michael, are listed as principal members in a Nevada business license filing for Solarcode, a limited liability company doing business in several states, including Nevada and Arizona.
In January 2022, Solarcode agreed to a four-year repayment plan with Eclipse Service, but missed its first five payments. This situation led the Wisconsin company to file a lawsuit in the US District Court in Milwaukee at the end of June 2022.
A lawyer for Lehner did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Associated Press on Monday.
Lehner’s debts also included missed payments for a collection of rare snakes purchased for 1.2 million in 2017, according to the bankruptcy filing. Lehner keeps snakes at his reptile farm in Plato, Missouri.
Lehner and his wife, Donya, estimate that their assets are worth up to 10 million
The 31-year-old Lehner signed a five-year, $25 million deal with the Golden Knights in 2020. The Swedish-born goaltender is spending the 2022-23 season recovering from surgery at the hip.