The Securities Exchange Commission ordered Vince McMahon to pay $1.7 million after charging the former WWE CEO with failing to disclose two hush-money settlements to two women who formerly worked for the wrestling company. McMahon must reimburse his former company $1.3 million and pay a $400,000 civil penalty stemming from …
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On Wednesday, five men who had worked as “ring boys” for World Wrestling Entertainment as young teenagers in the 1980s filed a lawsuit alleging that they were groomed and sexually abused by ring crew boss and ring announcer Mel Phillips on the company’s watch. The suit, filed by five John …
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When Michael Leonardi was fired from his job as a television writer at the WWE in 2016, he says he was told by an HR representative and the head writer at the time that he was “not fit for the role” — this despite, according to Leonardi, him getting a …
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Wrestling magnate Vince McMahon pushed back against the upcoming Netflix docuseries about his life and career, calling it “misleading” and “deceptive” in a statement shared on X yesterday, Sept. 23. The six-part series, Mr. McMahon, is expected to dig into the allegations of sexual abuse leveled against McMahon, who retired …
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Attorney Ann Callis of Holland Law Firm, who represents former World Wrestling Entertainment employee Janel Grant in her sexual misconduct lawsuit against Vince McMahon, the former CEO of WWE, gave a virtual press conference on Thursday ahead of the Sept. 25 premiere of the Netflix documentary series Mr. McMahon. Grant, …
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A week after Netflix announced a docuseries focused on controversial WWE honcho Vince McMahon, the streaming service has shared the first trailer forMr. McMahon, arriving later this month. “People have wondered who I really am. Portrayal of me is I’m a bad guy,” McMahon says in the trailer’s opening moments. …
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A new documentary series on the controversial former WWE head Vince McMahon is coming to Netflix in September, the streaming service announced Thursday. Mr. McMahon, set to release on Sept. 25, focuses on McMahon’s rise and fall as the founder of the WWE, and features interviews with him from before …
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The former employee who accused WWE founder Vince McMahon of sexual abuse has paused her lawsuit against McMahon, former WWE exec John Laurinaitis, and the WWE itself, as the Department of Justice continues its own investigation. Janel Grant filed her suit in January, alleging among other things that McMahon and …
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WWE founder Vince McMahon is under federal criminal investigation amid a sexual assault and trafficking lawsuit filed by a former employee of the wrestling company. The Wall Street Journal reports that the now-former TKO Group chairman has been the subject of a federal probe since 2022 following a wave of …
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WWE founder Vince McMahon resigned from parent company, TKO Group, a day after a former employee accused him ofsexual assaultand trafficking in arecent lawsuit. In 2022, McMahon announced he wasstepping downfrom the WWE after an internal probe that found allegations of a hush-money payment to a former employee, with McMahon …
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