NHL goalie Robin Lehner ‘files for bankruptcy stemming from $1.2m SNAKE FARM purchase’

A professional hockey player for The Las Vegas Golden Knights has filed for bankruptcy with liabilities of up to $50 million, and his troubles stem from a $1.2 million purchase of exotic snakes gone horribly wrong.

Robin Lehner and his wife Donya filed for bankruptcy on December 30, according to a filing in the District of Nevada, with the NHL and the Golden Knights as interested parties in the case.

It has been widely reported that the 31-year-old Swedish porter’s financial woes stem from his $1.2 million purchase of a collection of exotic snakes in 2017 from a man named Ben Renick.

A few months after the purchase was completed, Renick, a world-renowned reptile dealer, was murdered by his wife and ex-boyfriend.

Robin Lehner Filed for Bankruptcy After His Exotic Snake Purchase Gone Wrong

Lehner paid $1.2 million for an exotic collection of snakes, before the breeder he bought them from was murdered by his wife a few months later. Above is a stock image of exotic snakes.

Lehner’s wife, Donya (pictured with their daughter) is also listed in the bankruptcy filing.

KMIZ reported last January that Lehner made an initial payment of $200,000 to Renick for the snakes, but stopped any further transactions after his death.

As reported by the New York Post, Lehner, who previously played for the New York Islanders, Buffalo Sabers and Chicago Blackhawks, is the owner of RL Exotics LLC, which operates an exotic reptile farm in Missouri with three employees in the books.

Lehner estimates the value of his assets between $1 million and $10 million, while his base hockey salary this season is estimated at $6.5 million.

The Gothenburg-born goalkeeper has been plagued by problems off the pitch throughout his career, having previously spent time in a drug rehab clinic and being open about his alcohol addiction.

In 2018, he left a game with what was later revealed to be a panic attack, and the then-27-year-old wrote in the Athletic that he was later diagnosed with bipolar disorder, as well as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder. disorder.

Ben Renick (pictured) was killed by his wife months after he sold snakes to Lehner.

Lynlee Renick (above) is serving a 16-year prison sentence for the murder of her husband Ben

The panic attack came amid a lawsuit filed against him after he stopped paying for snakes he had bought the previous year.

Lehner then countersued in December of the same year, stating that he assumed millions of dollars in costs to care for Renick’s reptiles, saying that the snakes “began to reproduce with each other without supervision or control.”

Lehner’s lawyers claimed that breeding made the snake collection lose value.

In 2018, snake seller Renick was murdered by his wife Lynlee, who was later found guilty of the charges and sentenced to 16 years in prison.

Last week, Lynlee withdrew his appeal of the conviction and sentence, and requested a voluntary release from prison.

Lehner has had numerous problems off the field and was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 2018.

Last week, Lynlee Renick withdrew her appeal of the conviction and her prison sentence.

In a case that gripped the United States until the decision was made on January 24, 2022, Lynlee Renick and her ex-boyfriend Michael Humphrey admitted they were at the kennel together the night Ben Renick was killed in New Florence, Missouri.

Humphrey was convicted of first-degree murder in October 2021, but later struck a plea deal on a lesser charge in exchange for testifying against Lynlee and leading police to the murder weapon.

The investigation lasted more than two years, before another of Lynlee Renick’s ex-boyfriends told police investigators that she had admitted to her husband’s murder.