Allegations that Edmonton Oilers owner Daryl Katz had a sexual relationship with an underage ballerina have been dropped from a U.S. civil suit.
The voluntary motion of dismissal regarding the allegations against Katz was filed in U.S. District Court in Nevada last week. An accompanying motion to strike removes all references to the dancer, Sage Humphries, being “underage,” “a minor,” or “17 years old” as was previously alleged, when she met and exchanged texts with the billionaire in the spring of 2016. References to “statutory rape” and “sex trafficking” have also been struck from the third-party claim.
Both Katz and Humphries have
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