1 week Ago By Bryan Rose
Linda McMahon is attempting to dismiss the ring boy lawsuit. According to Post Wrestling , McMahon filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit on Monday. Her attorneys argued that she has no significant connection to the state where the suit was filed, Maryland, only briefly renting an apartment in the state from 1970 to 1972 and may have briefly held a wrestling license in Maryland back in 2004.
The filing also says that she has never communicated or met the five individuals who filed the lawsuit. Last week, Judge James K. Bredar approved an order allowing the defendants (Vince McMahon, Linda McMahon, TKO, and WWE) to receive information about the anonymous individuals including their names, birth dates, and their current addresses.
“Until this lawsuit, I was unaware of their allegations against me or anyone else named in the complaint,” she states in a written decleration. She also distanced herself from having any responsibility for Mel Phillips’ actions. “I never personally supervised Phillips while he was employed by WWE, nor did I direct his activities,” she wrote.
“Phillips never acted as my agent. If Phillips traveled to Maryland and committed acts of sexual abuse while in Maryland, it was certainly not at my direction nor with my knowledge.” “I never personally employed any ‘Ring Boys,’ as that term is defined in the Complaint,” she further added.
Filed last October, the lawsuit accuses the defendants of knowing and ultimately doing nothing to to prevent ring announcer and head of ring crew Mel Phillips’ sexual assault of underage boys. Phillips was fired by WWE in 1992 after allegations became public. The suit was briefly delayed in December as the Maryland Supreme Court decided if the law that allowed the lawsuit, the Maryland Child Victims Act, was constitutional.
The case moved forward after the court allowed the law to remain in place ..
