Ashley Massaro Adds Name To Lawsuit Versus WWE
Claims she was sexually assaulted, number of plaintiffs grows to 52.
Former Diva Search winner and terrible wrestler Ashley Massaro has thrown her hat into the ever expanding ring of former WWE employees taking legal action against the company for a range of alleged grievances. Massaro, 37, who left WWE in 2008 by her own volition in order to care for her sick daughter, joins in with the claims that the promotion failed to provide adequate care for concussions during her tenure.
The complaint is the chief issue in the lawsuit, which has now ballooned to over fifty plaintiffs following the addition of seven other ex-WWE talents this past week. The legion of litigants all make the allegation that the company withheld information about possible head trauma caused by concussions and repetitive head injuries. Apparently, the possibility never occurred to any of them.
Less frivolous is Massaro's accusation that she was sexually assaulted during a 2006 tour of Kuwait. After discussing the incident with a company medic, Massaro claims WWE personnel apologised, and persuaded her that it'd be in her interest not to report it to authorities. Murky stuff indeed, and not wholly inconsistent with similar claims from past employees such as Sable and Nicole Bass. Bass lost her case, whereas Sable settled out of court.
At present, WWE's legal eagle Jerry McDevitt has not responded directly to the claims, instead repeating the company's motion for sanctions against lawyer Konstantine Kyros, who he criticises for making "false, salacious, and incendiary allegations designed more for media consumption than legal merit". WWE are expected to file a notion to dismiss the case.