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McMahon’s cabinet nomination gives WWE Ring Boys lawsuit extra publicity

Linda McMahon’s proposed nomination for Secretary of Education has brought unwanted attention to the recent Ring Boys lawsuit, with CNN covering the story on its front page today.

McMahon is named as one of the defendants in the lawsuit along with Vince McMahon and WWE. Linda worked with the company when the allegations happened from the mid-80s.

Linda’s attorney, Laura Brevetti, called all the allegations against her client false.

“This civil lawsuit based upon thirty-plus year-old allegations is filled with scurrilous lies, exaggerations and misrepresentations regarding Linda McMahon,” Brevetti told CNN. “Ms. McMahon will vigorously defend against this baseless lawsuit and without doubt ultimately succeed.”

Brevetti also repeated the fact that Linda and Vince McMahon are separated, no longer together, and have been “apart for some time.”

Vince McMahon’s attorney Jessica Rosenberg and WWE did not respond to CNN’s request for comments at time of publication.

The Ring Boys story was originally reported by the New York Post in 1992 and it was about ring announcer Mel Phillips hiring underage ring boys to help set up and take down the ring, traveling across state lines and staying in hotel rooms with the boys.

WWE fired Phillips in 1988 and he eventually passed away in 2012. The company were sued by three different ring boys in the past, one of whom, Tom Cole, committed suicide in 2021 at the age of 50.


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Colin Vassallo
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Colin Vassallo has been editor of Wrestling-Online since 1996. He is born and raised in Malta, follows professional wrestling and MMA, loves to travel, and is a big Apple fan!

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