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Oilers Owner Daryl Katz Allegedly Paid Teenage Girl at Least $75K for Sexual Favors

Edmonton Oilers owner Daryl Katz has been named in a court filing alleging he paid an underage girl "at least $75,000" for sex.

Katie Strang of The Athletic reported Katz is a third party in a lawsuit filed by a group of ballerinas who say they were sexually abused by dance teacher Mitchell Taylor Button and his wife, Dusty Button.

Katz was named in a counterclaim filed by the Buttons, who included text messages between the Oilers owner and Sage Humphries, one of the women accusing them of sexual abuse.

The text messages show Katz talking to Humphries about making payments of $50,000 and $25,000.