Former WWE chairman has reportedly covered up sexual misconduct allegations for more than 15 years
Vince McMahon, kingpin of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) currently under investigation by the company’s board of directors, has been slammed by the Wall Street Journal.
The longtime CEO and chairman, who stepped down in June, has paid four women at least $12 million total over the past 16 years to hide numerous allegations of sexual misconduct, WSJ reported.
In 2006, McMahon paid $1 million to a former 10-year WWE manager who alleged the pro wrestling impresario "initiated a sexual relationship with her.” In 2008, McMahon paid roughly $1 million to a WWE contractor who presented the company with “unsolicited nude photos of Mr. McMahon” she reported receiving from him and alleged that he had “sexually harassed her on the job.”
In 2018, McMahon paid $7.5 million to a former wrestler who alleged McMahon “coerced her into giving him oral sex and then demoted her and, ultimately, declined to renew her contract in 2005 after she resisted further sexual encounters.”
All of these payments are on top of the secret $3 million settlement with a former employee that was reported last month. The separation agreement, which was signed in January, prevents the woman (a paralegal hired in 2019) from discussing her relationship with McMahon or making disparaging comments about him, WSJ reported. The WWE’s board of directors launched an investigation in April, uncovering other...
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