Wednesday 1 July 2015

WWE Issues Statement Defending Against Recent False Allegations

(Image Credit: WWE.com)


As noted, WWE has requested that a federal judge block concussion lawsuits from former talents, as WWE is citing a statute of limitations in Connecticut.
To update that story, WWE has sent us the following:
WWE Defends Against False Allegations
“WWE filed a lawsuit in Connecticut to protect the company from a series of fraudulent claims made by a Massachusetts attorney regarding alleged concussion-related injuries.  A few examples of such false allegations from this lawyer include:
  • Claims in two different federal courts that five individuals died prematurely due to head injuries when in fact all five individuals are alive today.
  • Falsely stating that an individual’s years of performance with WWE spanned 22 years from 1985 through 2007, when in fact the individual performed for only 2 years (1985-1986 and 1992-1993) and made one appearance in 2007.
  • Alleging that head injury led to the death of a morbidly obese former performer who died of a heart attack years after last performing for WWE.
  • A claim that an individual suffered from deafness allegedly due to head injury when said individual has publicly stated that he was deaf since birth.
  • Claiming that head injury led to the accidental drug overdose of a former performer over 20 years after he last performed.
It is unfortunate that some former performers have been improperly recruited under the guise of a big ‘pay day’, and we feel badly that these individuals are being misled and exploited.”

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