WELL-KNOWN paraplegic athlete William Tan is being sued for about $400,000 by a woman, a doctor who he in turn alleged was once in an intimate relationship with him.
Dr Stephanie Chee, 50, is claiming that she gave the sum to Dr Tan over a six-year period from 1999 to 2005. He had supposedly approached her for financial help during this period.
In court documents filed, the mother of three said the money was meant as loans to help with his living expenses, overseas education in Australia, and in relation to the firms he helped run, such as the Wilcare School of Health Sciences.
Wheelchair-bound Dr Tan, 52, who is contesting her claims, said in court documents that an intimate relationship between them turned sour in 2006.
They started working together in 1999 when he agreed to help raise funds for the Parkway Healthcare Foundation, and was later appointed special project manager in 2003. Dr Chee was the general manager of the foundation then.
Dr Chee denies in court documents that they were lovers, and that they had 'never kissed' or had any conjugal relations. She made it clear that work matters brought them together and it stopped there: He was never involved in her life or the lives of her daughters.
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