Following recent sexual abuse allegations made towards so many
wrestling names, PROGRESS Wrestling has moved to announce three suspensions.
NXT UK stars Jordan Devlin and Travis Banks join Scotty
Davis in being “suspended indefinitely” by PROGRESS. In addition to this, the
promotion has confirmed that they will no longer be working with David Starr
and Marc ‘Paz’ Parry.
The full PROGRESS statement reads:
Further to our statement made earlier today, here is an
update regarding specific allegations and current roster members:
David Starr – will no longer be working for PROGRESS
Marc ‘Paz’ Parry – will no longer be working for PROGRESS
Travis Banks – will be suspended indefinitely
Jordan Devlin – will be suspended indefinitely // the tag
titles have been vacated
Scotty Davis – will be suspended indefinitely // the tag
titles have been vacated
We take these allegations extremely seriously. Those
under suspension will have their situation reviewed periodically between now,
and events starting again.
We continue to monitor and listen to the Speaking Out
movement so that we can take appropriate action where necessary.
It now remains to be seen what actions will be taken by
other wrestling promotions towards talents who have had similar accusations
made about them over the past 24 hours.
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