Ex-NHL star Ron Duguay has confirmed that he and “buddy” Sarah Palin are indeed dating, according to a report.
Duguay has been on hand supporting the one-time vice presidential candidate at the Manhattan Federal Courthouse, where her defamation case against The New York Times was in its seventh day of trial Friday.
“We’re friends. I’m here to support her,” The New York Rangers legend said of Palin on the courthouse steps earlier Friday.
But asked by The Daily Beast via text later that day, “Are you dating Sarah Palin?” Duguay responded with, “Hi. Yes.”
The two were seen leaving the Manhattan Federal Courthouse together that evening. She is suing the paper for defamation over a 2017 editorial.
Palin, who celebrated her 58th birthday Friday, was then seen on a dinner date with Duguay in Little Italy at Gelso and Grand restaurant.
Later Palin was seen holding a rose in her hand that Duguay bought for her as they walked down the street.
Palin, the mother of five, divorced her husband of 31 years, Todd Palin, in 2019.
