Assault accuser Evander Kane asks bankruptcy court to allow her case to continue – The Athletic

Rachel Kuechle, the accuser San Jose Sharks left wing Evander Kane assaulted, asked a federal bankruptcy court to partially lift her stay in her five-year-old case, raising the prospect of another messy legal proceeding against Kane.

Kane filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in January, which itself generated at least four derivative lawsuits in the process, including a creditor who said she was owed millions of dollars because he agreed to pay her for their abortions. . He is also in the process of divorcing his ex-fiancée Anna, which has created allegations of abuse from each party.

Kuechle’s request is to allow her case to restart in upstate New York court, where the case has been automatically upheld since Kane filed for bankruptcy. She accused Kane of physical assault in a 2016 lawsuit, although her “relieved stay” offer in bankruptcy court described it as a sexual assault, the first time. The first description that is used in the case.

“Evander Frank Kane, Debtor here, sexually assaulted Rachel Kuechle in Buffalo City, New York, shortly after midnight, early morning, December 27, 2015,” the motion read. When asked about the addition of the sexual term, her attorney, Reno FR