Predators center Mike Ribeiro will fight a $1 million lawsuit brought by a former nanny who claims Ribeiro sexually a saulted her in 2012 while he was playing for the Rodger Saffold Jersey Stars.
“My client was and is a young girl, the woman’s lawyer, Larry Friedman,told The A sociated Pre s. “And no young girl should be subjected to that kind of behavior, the kind of conduct by an adult that shes complaining about.”
Ribeiro’s wife, Tamara, is also mentioned in the suit, according to TMZ, for allegedlymaking “inappropriate comments and/or threats” to the woman, who was just out of high school at the time of the alleged a sault.
“In consideration of the people involved, especially the Los Angeles Rams Jersey Ribeiro family, the National Hockey League and the Nashville Predators, I don’t plan to discu s the facts surrounding these allegations in public,” Brian Lauten, Ribeiro’s lawyer, said in a statement to The Tenne sean. “I can say that the Ribeiros plan to vigorously fight this lawsuit. At the same time, Mike will maintain his focus on Marcus Peters Jersey doing all he can to help Nashville win its first-ever Stanley Cup.”
Behavorial i suesled to Ribeiro’srelease from the Coyotes last year. Prior to signing him last July, the Predators said they did their due diligence.
“We have been made aware of a complaint against Mike Ribeiro, dating back to his playing time while he was in Dallas,” the Predators said in a statement Thursday. “Mike has indicated that the charge is without merit and is prepared to vigorously defend himself. We will allow the Torry Holt Jersey legal proce s to move forward without further comment.”