New York Rangers NewsBoth MSG and the woman making the allegations told The Athletic that, “the matter has been resolved.”

Artemi Panarin and MSG have reached a settlement with a former employee over an alleged incident of sexual harassment that occurred in 2023, according to a report in The Athletic.

Additional coverage in the New York Post adds:

Rangers forward Artemi Panarin and MSG, the company that owns the team, paid financial settlements to a female team employee last August after she alleged Panarin sexually assaulted her in a hotel room in 2023, according to The Athletic.

The woman, who was not identified in the report, reached agreements with Panarin and MSG Sports, which included non-disclosure and no admission of wrongdoing clauses, and then left the company.

Blueshirt Banter will update as more information becomes available.

UPDATE: The Athletic has updated the story to add:

There is no record of the woman reporting the incident to law enforcement. She also did not immediately alert the team. But about three months after the alleged sexual assault, she informed the team as part of an investigation into a separate incident. The team learned that the woman, whose anxiety around airplane travel was well known among team members, had shared her anti-anxiety medicine with a player who had the same issue. She was placed on paid leave pending the outcome of that investigation.