Report says Ottawa Senators forward Arthur Kaliyev accused of stealing

Arthur Kaliyev has been accused of theft to pay off gambling debts by his model ex-girlfriend, according to a report in the New York Post.

In an exclusive story on the Post’s website by hockey writer Mollie Walker on Monday afternoon, Lauren Mochen told the newspaper that the Ottawa Senators forward owes her and others around the National Hockey League thousands of dollars.

She told the newspaper that she filed a report with the police in her hometown in Michigan and is considering pressing charges against Kaliyev.

No charges have been laid, and none of these allegations have been proven in court. A Senators spokesperson said Monday that the club was deferring “all comment to the league.”

Kaliyev played for Steve Staios, the club’s president of hockey operations and general manager, al