Sharks' Evander Kane in more trouble, this time involving abortion

San Jose Sharks' star forward Evander Kane continues to find himself in more hot water. Off-ice issues have plagued his reputation throughout his career, but this season has been especially dreadful. After concerns that his teammates dislike him so much that they wanted him to be traded, Kane now has a new concern. A federal bankruptcy judge gave the go-ahead for discovery in a lawsuit filed by Hope Parker, who is alleging that Kane bailed on a promise to pay her at least $2 million if she aborted their pregnancy.

Parker first sued in 2018 in California state court seeking testimony and electronic correspondence from Kane. Kane says that he changed his mind about paying Parker before she sent him proof of the abortion. That argument did absolutely nothing to sway bankruptcy judge Stephen Johnson.

«Plaintiff (Parker) was unwilling to terminate the third pregnancy until Defendant (Kane) offered her two to three million dollars to do so,» Johnson wrote. (According to bankruptcy court documents, Parker allegedly aborted a fetus conceived with the hockey player twice before, and Kane paid her $125,000 for the second abortion.) «Then, on June 13, 2018, Plaintiff sent Defendant a text message of her lab results, which confirmed she had terminated the third pregnancy. When Plaintiff requested Defendant update her on the status of her payment, Defendant, for the first time, told (Plaintiff) he was not going to pay her, stating: 'I'll have my lawyer contact you I'm not dealing with this any further then."

«I can infer from the complaint that Plaintiff falsely said he would pay to abort the third pregnancy, and that he did so to deceive (her) into actually undergoing that abortion.»

Parker's case has been delayed due to COVID-19, and it is currently still in the bankruptcy process. According to bankruptcy law, a debt cannot be waived if it is obtained under false pretenses. Johnson said it was ok that the argument continued. This doesn't mean that the court is ruling in Parker's favor, but it is a step in the right direction for her.

«To use a boxing analogy, this is the first round in this litigation,» said Schuyler Carroll, a bankruptcy attorney at Loeb & Loeb. «There are still nine rounds left to be fought. Parker won this round, but she still has a long way to go. Having said that, because so much of bankruptcy is resolved by settlement, a ruling like this often leads to settlement discussions.»

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