June 06, 2024
The pause of a former World Wrestling Entertainment legal staffer's sex-trafficking lawsuit amid a probe by New York federal prosecutors suggests the civil claims could be the basis of forthcoming criminal charges for co-founder Vince McMahon or the organization, or both.
May 31, 2024
In this week's Off the Bench, the NCAA agrees to more historic rule changes while experts examine its post-House settlement future, and a patent lawyer looks back at his transformation into a poker champion.
May 30, 2024
A former World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. paralegal has agreed to put her sexual assault and trafficking lawsuit against the company, founder Vince McMahon and a former executive on hold while the U.S. Department of Justice conducts a "nonpublic investigation," the plaintiff's counsel said Thursday.
May 15, 2024
World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. is joining a bid by former CEO Vincent McMahon to send a suit from a woman accusing him and the organization of sex trafficking and harassment to arbitration, saying she agreed to and signed a $3 million separation agreement that includes an arbitration clause.
May 14, 2024
Embattled World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. founder Vince McMahon has characterized a former employee's bid to strike his preliminary statement from her lawsuit as meritless hypocrisy, a move that comes roughly four months after she first lodged the shocking complaint against him alleging abuse and trafficking.
April 25, 2024
The former World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. legal staffer who accused founder Vince McMahon of sexually abusing and trafficking her is fighting his bid to arbitrate the explosive lawsuit, arguing that he used a recent motion to mount a "vicious" and untrue attack on her character.
April 23, 2024
A former World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. legal staffer who has accused founder Vince McMahon of sexually abusing and trafficking her should be forced to take her federal lawsuit to arbitration because of a deal the parties signed when they ended a consensual affair, McMahon said Tuesday in a court filing.
January 26, 2024
Vince McMahon, co-founder of World Wrestling Entertainment Inc., has resigned, a WWE representative confirmed Friday, a day after a former employee claimed McMahon forced her to have sex, trafficked her to other executives and employees, and then forced her out with a nondisclosure agreement and hush money.
January 26, 2024
In this week's Off The Bench, WWE founder Vince McMahon has been sued for sexual abuse and trafficking, "The Rock" reclaimed his name, and USC defended its claim that college athletes aren't employees. If you were on the sidelines over the past week, Law360 is here to clue you in on the biggest sports and betting stories that had our readers talking.
January 25, 2024
Vince McMahon pressured a former World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. employee into sex in exchange for a job, pushed her into sexual relations with other WWE executives and employees, circulated explicit photos and videos of her inside and outside the company, then forced her out with a nondisclosure agreement and millions in hush money, the ex-staffer alleged in a lawsuit filed Thursday in Connecticut federal court.