As you all know by now, Vince McMahon resigned from WWE following allegations of sex trafficking, sexual assault and more.
While the former WWE CEO has denied all of the allegations as you’d expect, there is a criminal investigation ongoing. John Laurinaitis was also named in the lawsuit, and his lawyer sent out a statement to note that he was also a “victim” of McMahon.
According to a report from Fightful Select, nobody seems to know who the unnamed executives in the lawsuit could be. One source believes whoever the people are would probably be “long been gone from WWE.”
Another source added that Laurinaitis was being set up to become Vince McMahon’s “fall guy,” and had been viewed that way since the summer of 2022. With that being said, Laurinaitis had a “golden parachute” to set him up financially after he left the company. It is believed that the reason Laurinaitis “flipped” on McMahon is due to actual charges potentially being filed.
As far as the talent is concerned, they haven’t been briefed or told they can’t talk about the lawsuit with the media. It is said that no other companies are taking part in the investigations, although talent from several US-based companies have been told they can talk about or take part in the investigations if they are interested in doing so.
One former WWE talent has been thinking about telling their story to the media or even taking legal action in the near future. The identity of this person will remain private as they haven’t given permission to release their name just yet.
Some feel that Laurinaitis likely believes he is “doing himself favors” by saying management knew about the Ashley Massaro allegations.
As we previously reported here on eWn, Laurinaitis’ lawyer said WWE higher-ups knew about the Massaro allegations and claims all proper protocols were followed. With that being said, a source noted that “too many things happened there under his watch.”
Several media outlets were in contact with Massaro in early 2019 to set up interviews, but she didn’t appear interested in giving them and didn’t want to provide any additional details on being raped on a WWE trip to Kuwait in 2006.
