Today seems to be a very Vince McMahon type of day. Tonight on Vice TV a documentary about Vince premieres called The Nine Lives of Vince McMahon but in typical Vince fashion more news is breaking about the former WWE Chairman and CEO. Rumors are swirling that Vince McMahon has said he wants to return to the WWE as well as more information on allegations against the former WWE head honcho.
Back in July Vince officially stepped down from the WWE, check out the details here, and has been living in retirement since. However, Joe Palazzo and Ted Mann are back with the Wall Street Journal with an update on the Vince McMahon hush money/sexual misconduct story from earlier this year. The article says that Vince is facing legal demands from two women who allege that he had sexually assaulted them.
- The Wall Street Journal notes that on November 3rd of this year the Lawyer for Rita Chatterton, a former referee in the then WWF, is asking for an amount of $11.75 million after she has accused McMahon of raping her in 1986, sent a demand letter to McMahon’s attorney Jerry McDevitt.
- The article also goes on to mention that a separate email was sent to McDevitt from the lawyer of a former spa manager that said that Mr. McMahon assaulted his client in 2011 at a California resort, an incident that was previously unreported in the media.
However, with all of this going on, the reporters mentioned that they hear that Vince McMahon wants to return to the WWE as they note:
The 77-year-old Mr. McMahon also has told people that he intends to make a comeback at WWE, according to the people familiar with his comments. He has said that he received bad advice from people close to him to step down and that he now believes the allegations and investigations would have blown over had he stayed, these people said.
If Vince doesn have to settle with Rita Chatterton or with the undisclosed former Spa manager, WWE’s auditor has advised the company that resolutions of the claims, even if confidential, would possibly have to be disclosed by the company publicly. I think that alone would be justification alone for the board to not allow Vince to return.
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