Posted on 4/08/125 by Colin Vassallo
POSTWrestling.com is reporting that Secretary of Education
Linda McMahon has filed a motion yesterday to be dismissed
from the WWE Ring Boys lawsuit which was filed in Maryland.
In the motion filed by her attorneys, McMahon argued that
she lacks any basis for personal jurisdiction over the
defendants in Maryland. Her attorneys wrote that there’s no
sufficient connection between McMahon and Maryland.
The lawsuit was filed in Maryland because the state has
removed the statutes of limitations for child sexual abuse
cases as part of the Child Victims Act of 2023.
McMahon also states that until the lawsuit was filed, she
was unaware of the allegations against her or anyone named
in the lawsuit despite the Ring Boys case being discussed
for years in the 90s.
The former WWE President and CEO also said that she never
supervised Mel Phillips, the former WWE ring announcer who
led the ring crew and who was named as the abuser.
“I never personally supervised Phillips while he was
employed by WWE, nor did I direct his activities. 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,” the
motion states.