Janne Puhakka, Finland’s first openly gay professional hockey player, was shot to death by his former partner over the weekend. He was 29.
The athlete also happened to be starring in “Petolliset,” the Finnish version of “The Traitors,” which has decided to indefinitely postpone this week’s Season 2 finale due to his death. Puhakka remains an active Traitor in the game.
Finnish network Nelonen issued the following statement on Monday, following Puhakka’s death early Sunday morning. The social media post was captioned: “Information regarding the final episode of ‘Petolliset.’”
“The final episode of the season of ‘Petolliset’ was scheduled to be shown on Thursday of this week.