Artemi Panarin, MSG reached settlements with Rangers employee after sexual assault allegation

[Rebels57]

Surprised she's not pressing charges. This is disgusting behavior from Panarin.

 

[SI90]

So, SKA or AK Bars Kazan for Panarin next year?

 

[LOFIN]

Not go to his room ALONE would be the easiest way.

And thus, possibly, costing her job.

 

[Madap]

I don’t think we’ve seen a team implode like this in a while.

And rangers fans somehow defending this?! Come on, at least pick one of the 100 other things that went horribly this year to try and defend instead. Wouldn’t make the rangers look like any less of a joke, but still.

 

[pdavemoney]

First off, assuming the allegations are true, to all the idiots saying why didn't she bring someone with her....
He's a superstar of the team. I'm sure she knew/assumed his intentions were to ask her to stay, have some fun, etc etc, and she would rebuke him. But for her to think she would be forcefully and without her consent sexually assaulted, by a man she probably trusted at least to not be a sexual predator before said incident...cmon people! Put yourself in her position. Not to mention the power imbalance. Is she supposed to ask someone to come with her because she's afraid the highest profile athlete on the team might be up to no good? If that's a possibility, then this scumbag should've been outed a long time ago because then people obviously knew he was a creep beforehand.

 

[BruinLVGA]

And thus, possibly, costing her job.

How‘s that.

 

[Kshahdoo]

As far as I remember Nazarov talked a few years ago about another case with Panarin and a woman back to when Artemii still played in Russia. People here called it a provocation...

 

[Edmonton East]

A lot of people making a ton of assumptions here based off extremely limited information.

As always. It's the same thing every time any allegation against an athlete hits the news. People condemn obviously terrible, unacceptable behavior (AUTO ASSUME 100% TRUE. PEOPLE NEVER LIE FOR MONEY OR REASONS. EVER. THAT'D BE IMPOSSIBLE). Pat themselves on the back because it makes them a good person and chastise anyone who says there might be two sides to a story. Heck, even in the many instances where the allegations are definitively proven false (cue the trash "study" claiming this never happens despite multiple infamous cases), these folks just go on about their day as if they didn't wrongfully call for someone's head. Rinse. Repeat.

Who knows what happened here. Obviously Panarin is scum if this is how it went down. Duh. 100% of people agree with that. And no, a settlement doesn't mean jack shit. Now, if a journalist could do their damn job and ballpark the settlement amount, that'd at least provide some context to go off of.

Oh wait, the original source on this is Katie f'ng Strang?!?! She's been proven a liar/embellisher/intentional misleader multiple times throughout her career. No, doesn't auto mean she's lying here....but she's a POS and a sad excuse for a "journalist".

Btw you folks quoting the allegations, but conveniently leaving out the FACT she didn't report this incident for months and only did so after being reprimanded for giving anxiety meds to a player should be ashamed of yourselves.

"There is no record of the woman reporting the incident to law enforcement. She also did not immediately alert the team. But about three months after the alleged sexual assault, she informed the team as part of an investigation into a separate incident. The team learned that the woman, whose anxiety around airplane travel was well known among team members, had shared her anti-anxiety medicine with a player who had the same issue. She was placed on paid leave pending the outcome of that investigation.

The female employee felt she was treated unfairly, according to team sources, and she then informed the team about the alleged assault." - Strang

 

[LOFIN]

How‘s that.

"Yeah, mr. Panarin here has clearly acted wrongly here and will be dealt with. However, it's probably best to avoid further issues, so you are demoted from your position and transferred back to office duty."

 

[shello]

I’m sorry, what

 

[LOFIN]

As far as I remember Nazarov talked a few years ago about another case with Panarin and a woman back to when Artemii played in Russia. People here called it Putin's provocation...

It's because a lot of people from Russia also called out Nazarov at the time, siding with Bread.

Obviously this puts those reports into new light...

 

[DingDongCharlie]

Deport him back to Russia

 

[Rangerboy030]

I don’t think we’ve seen a team implode like this in a while.

And rangers fans somehow defending this?! Come on, at least pick one of the 100 other things that went horribly this year to try and defend instead. Wouldn’t make the rangers look like any less of a joke, but still.

Most Rangers fans on this site are quite clearly disgusted you fool.

 

[lakeshirts37]

As always. It's the same thing every time any allegation against an athlete hits the news. People condemn obviously terrible, unacceptable behavior (AUTO ASSUME 100% TRUE. PEOPLE NEVER LIE FOR MONEY OR REASONS. EVER. THAT'D BE IMPOSSIBLE). Pat themselves on the back because it makes them a good person and chastise anyone who says there might be two sides to a story. Heck, even in the many instances where the allegations are definitively proven false (cue the trash "study" claiming this never happens despite multiple infamous cases), these folks just go on about their day as if they didn't wrongfully call for someone's head. Rinse. Repeat.

Who knows what happened here. Obviously Panarin is scum if this is how it went down. Duh. 100% of people agree with that. And no, a settlement doesn't mean jack shit. Now, if a journalist could do their damn job and ballpark the settlement amount, that'd at least provide some context to go off of.

Oh wait, the original source on this is Katie f'ng Strang?!?! She's been proven a liar/embellisher/intentional misleader multiple times throughout her career. No, doesn't auto mean she's lying here....but she's a POS and a sad excuse for a "journalist".

Btw you folks quoting the allegations, but conveniently leaving out the FACT she didn't report this incident for months and only did so after being reprimanded for giving anxiety meds to a player should be ashamed of yourselves.

"There is no record of the woman reporting the incident to law enforcement. She also did not immediately alert the team. But about three months after the alleged sexual assault, she informed the team as part of an investigation into a separate incident. The team learned that the woman, whose anxiety around airplane travel was well known among team members, had shared her anti-anxiety medicine with a player who had the same issue. She was placed on paid leave pending the outcome of that investigation.

The female employee felt she was treated unfairly, according to team sources, and she then informed the team about the alleged assault." - Strang

spot on and more eloquently put than me!

 

[Master P]

 

[Jersey Fresh]

The scum emanates from the top. What can you expect when you’ve got Dolan filtering top down?

Trash organization.

 

[lakeshirts37]

That is one of the scenarios I was referring to earlier where we don't have enough details to judge him, just his actions. But guess what? In that scenario, him pinning her down to the bed is definitely wrong and disgusting... even if they slept together previously. Even if he thought pinning her down was playful, in the moment.

Is it though? What if that's what they usually do consensually? It's not automatically disgusting.....

 

[A1LeafNation]

Wow.wtf...

 

[Sheppy]

Yikes. This isn't good...

 

[SI90]

The comments are hilarious. What timing lol Rags are a mess. The Drury era is an absolute disaster

 

[Tawnos]

Is it though? What if that's what they usually do consensually? It's not automatically disgusting.....

It doesn't matter if that's what they usually do consensually. It would have to be consensual every time, and this one was clearly not.

 

[SI90]

Kudos to the fans looking beyond his stardom

 

[ViD]

It's officially over for the New York Rangers, holy f***

In what way it’s officially over ? The matter has been settled and people will forget about it in a couple weeks

 

[Zeeker]

Kudos to the fans looking beyond his stardom

Unfortunately, they have some fans who’ve been wanting to get rid of him and are just using this as further ammunition - I have my doubts that they truly appreciate the gravity of the situation.

If this was “Gabe”, I’m not sure we’d be seeing the same reaction from certain fans.

 

[Giant Panda]

As always. It's the same thing every time any allegation against an athlete hits the news. People condemn obviously terrible, unacceptable behavior (AUTO ASSUME 100% TRUE. PEOPLE NEVER LIE FOR MONEY OR REASONS. EVER. THAT'D BE IMPOSSIBLE). Pat themselves on the back because it makes them a good person and chastise anyone who says there might be two sides to a story. Heck, even in the many instances where the allegations are definitively proven false (cue the trash "study" claiming this never happens despite multiple infamous cases), these folks just go on about their day as if they didn't wrongfully call for someone's head. Rinse. Repeat.

Who knows what happened here. Obviously Panarin is scum if this is how it went down. Duh. 100% of people agree with that. And no, a settlement doesn't mean jack shit. Now, if a journalist could do their damn job and ballpark the settlement amount, that'd at least provide some context to go off of.

Oh wait, the original source on this is Katie f'ng Strang?!?! She's been proven a liar/embellisher/intentional misleader multiple times throughout her career. No, doesn't auto mean she's lying here....but she's a POS and a sad excuse for a "journalist".

Btw you folks quoting the allegations, but conveniently leaving out the FACT she didn't report this incident for months and only did so after being reprimanded for giving anxiety meds to a player should be ashamed of yourselves.

"There is no record of the woman reporting the incident to law enforcement. She also did not immediately alert the team. But about three months after the alleged sexual assault, she informed the team as part of an investigation into a separate incident. The team learned that the woman, whose anxiety around airplane travel was well known among team members, had shared her anti-anxiety medicine with a player who had the same issue. She was placed on paid leave pending the outcome of that investigation.

The female employee felt she was treated unfairly, according to team sources, and she then informed the team about the alleged assault." - Strang

While I'm not a fan of how Strang interprets certain stories, do you have any examples of her making up or lying about details? That's a pretty bold accusation there, not one I'm used to seeing about that individual.