TNA’s parent company filed a lawsuit in Tennessee against Gail Kim, seeking a declaratory judgment to prevent her from bringing potential legal claims under the Florida Private Whistleblower Act, the Florida Civil Rights Act, and the portion of the Civil Rights Act that prohibits employment discrimination based on “race, color, religion, sex, and national origin.”
POST Wrestling obtained the filing from the courthouse on Friday. The complaint, which was filed on January 10 and first reported on by PWInsider on Thursday, does not provide any specifics about what Kim’s potential claims against TNA may be. We were not able to find any existing lawsuit Kim currently has filed against the company.
Kim has not commented on the matter and did not provide a statement in response to a request from POST Wrestling. A TNA spokesperson also did not respond to our request for comment.
The most the company says about her claims is this paragraph from the complaint:
Kim has recently informed AWE [Anthem Wrestling Exhibitions, TNA’s parent company] that she believes she holds legal claims against AWE for violations of the Florida Private Whistleblower Act, Fla. Stat. § 448.101 et seq.; Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq.; and the Florida Civil Rights Act, Fla. Stat. § 760.01 et seq.
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