Vince McMahon is facing new allegations over his conduct while in charge of WWE.
In January, McMahon resigned as executive chairman of TKO – the post-merger company of WWE and UFC – after being accused of sex trafficking.
While the 78-year-old continues to deny the allegations, he has renounced his involvement with the company, with a number of current WWE wrestlers expressing shock at the alleged events.
However, a new statement has reportedly come to light about former WWE star Ashley Massaro, who died by suicide in 2019 eight months after the dismissal of a lawsuit alleging that head injuries from her wrestling career left her in depression .
According to Shamea previously unpublished statement made before her death has come to light that details even more alleged conduct by McMahon related to Massaro.
Vince McMahon is reportedly facing new charges as he is accused of sex trafficking
Ashley Massaro, who committed suicide in 2019, accused McMahon of punishing her after she rejected his sexual advances
In 2016, Massaro alleged that members of the United States Armed Forces drugged and sexually assaulted her during a 2006 WWE tour of Kuwait.
She also accused McMahon of abuse and claimed that WWE discouraged her from reporting the alleged assault.
WWE had issued a statement following Massaro’s suicide claiming that they were never informed of the former wrestler’s allegations.
“At no time were Vince McMahon or WWE management informed by Ashley Massaro or anyone else that she had been sexually assaulted, drugged, raped or sodomized by a military doctor while a nurse was on guard during a 2007 goodwill tour to the USA military bases in Kuwait,” the statement said.
“If she had ever made such a claim to WWE, we would have reported it to the base commander immediately.
“There was never a meeting with Vince McMahon, Kevin Dunn, John Laurinaitis or other company executives in which she told them of such a claim and was instructed to keep it quiet.”
In the new statement, Massaro claims that McMahon sexually preyed on female wrestlers and that she was personally punished on-screen for rejecting his advances.
It is alleged that Massaro was given bad scripts to destroy her reputation, which was common behavior from McMahon that he became known for.
Massaro had alleged that members of the US Armed Forces drugged and sexually assaulted her during a 2006 WWE tour of Kuwait
John Laurinaitis – named as a defendant in the lawsuit – was aware of the allegations along with McMahon and other WWE executives, according to his attorney
Former WWE executive John Laurinaitis, meanwhile, was also named as a defendant in the lawsuit.
His attorney has claimed that McMahon and other WWE executives, including Laurinaitis, were aware of Massaro’s allegations.