WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon allegedly had an affair with an worker — then agreed to pay her $3 million when she signed a non-disclosure settlement, in accordance with a report on Wednesday.
The WWE board is now investigating the settlement, which was signed in January 2022, the Wall Avenue Journal reported.
The investigation has additionally reportedly uncovered a number of older agreements associated to misconduct claims that different feminine WWE workers introduced in opposition to the 76-year-old McMahon and John Laurinaitis, WWE’s head of expertise relations.
The WWE board came upon about McMahon’s current $3 million settlement after receiving a sequence of nameless emails from somebody claiming to be a good friend of the girl who had an alleged relationship with the WWE chief, in accordance with the Journal.
The emails reportedly alleged that McMahon employed the girl as a paralegal at a $100,000 wage, then bumped her pay as much as $200,000 after they started a sexual relationship. McMahon additionally “gave her like a toy” to Laurinaitis, the reported emails mentioned.
“My good friend was so scared so she stop after Vince McMahon and lawyer Jerry paid her hundreds of thousands of dollars to close up,” the one who despatched the preliminary electronic mail reportedly wrote.
The e-mail seems to seek advice from Jerry McDevitt, who works as McMahon’s legal professional and didn't reply to a request for remark from the Publish. McDevitt wrote in a letter to the Journal that the ex-paralegal hadn’t accused McMahon of harassment and that “WWE didn't pay any monies” to the ex-employee “on her departure.”
The board has reportedly discovered that McMahon used his private funds to pay ex-employees who signed the agreements.
McMahon is married to Linda McMahon, who co-founded WWE alongside her husband and served because the administrator of the Small Enterprise Administration underneath President Donald Trump.
WWE didn't instantly reply to a request for remark from The Publish. An organization spokesperson instructed the Journal that McMahon’s relationship with the paralegal was consensual. The spokesperson additionally mentioned the WWE is cooperating with its board’s investigation and takes the allegations significantly.
McMahon’s non-disclosure settlement with the 41-year-old ex-paralegal gave her a cost of $1 million upfront and $2 million in extra funds over 5 years, the Journal reported, citing individuals accustomed to the deal.
The WWE’s eight unbiased administrators have reportedly employed regulation agency Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP to conduct the investigation.
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