Golden Knights goaltender Robin Lehner and his wife Donya owe creditors $27.3 million, according to a bankruptcy filing released Friday. Here’s what you need to know:
- The new filing shows a large percentage of that debt is tied to his solar company SolarCode, which is being sued by a lender for $3.9 million over the alleged failure to repay a business loan.
- Lehner also lists assets totaling about $5 million in the filing, most of which are tied to his home in Las Vegas.
- Lehner and his wife filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection late last year, joining a large number of athletes who have done so over the last few decades.
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Lehner, who has estimated career earnings through 2026 of $43 million, according to Spotrac, had listed liabilities of between $10 million and $50 million, and assets of $1 million to $10 million in his original Chapter 7 petition. The new filing gives more details, including listing all his creditors.
Lehner, who is on a five-year, $25 million contract with the Golden Knights, joins NHL star Evander Kane, who filed Chapter 7 in January 2021. Kane’s process is still ongoing. They are hardly alone. High-profile bankruptcies have included Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, Michael Vick, Vince Young, Warren Sapp, Antoine Walker, Kenny Anderson, Lenny…
