WWE's Vince McMahon Agreed to Pay $12 Million to 'Cover up' Sexual Misconduct Allegations: Report

By Joshua Summers First Posted: Jul 09, 2022 02:14 AM EDT

WWE's former chief executive Vince McMahon reportedly paid at least $12 million to four women to hide allegations of sexual misconduct.

According to a Wall Street Journal report published Friday, McMahon agreed to the multimillion-dollar payout to cover up allegations of "sexual misconduct and infidelity" over the past 16 years.

Sources familiar with the agreements told the outlet that McMahon allegedly made the payments to the four women, who were formerly affiliated with the WWE, People reported.

A former WWE wrestler, which was not named, claimed that Mcmahon forced her to give him oral sex, and he did not renew her contract in 2005 after she refused the other sexual encounters. The WSJ report said the wrestler and her attorney negotiated a $7.5 million payment for her silence in 2018.

In 2006, the WWE executive allegedly made another payment of $1 million to a former WWE manager who claimed to have a sexual relationship with him.

A WWE contractor claimed that McMahon paid her almost $1 million in 2008 after he sent her unsolicited nude photographs and allegedly sexually harassed her while on the job.

Former WWE Executive Vince McMahon Faces Sexual Misconduct Allegations

These allegations came three weeks after Vince McMahon voluntarily stepped down from his position as WWE's chairman and CEO.

Vince McMahon stepped down from his post as the WWE chief last month in light of the allegations about him hush paying an employee to cover up for an affair. He reportedly paid the female employee $3 million to hide their affair. The settlement reportedly took place in January.

The woman was hired as a paralegal in 2019, with an initial salary of $100,000. It reportedly increased to $200,000 when McMahon started to have a sexual relationship with her. The WWE is now investigating the allegations of misconduct.

Vince McMahon Documentary Canceled by Netflix?

Netflix previously announced that a documentary about Vince McMahon is in the works. However, the Comic Book reported that the streaming behemoth pulled out the WWE's former CEO documentary.

According to a Fightful report, McMahon's documentary has been pulled and removed from the programming spreadsheet of Netflix.

The report noted that a source at Netflix confirmed that it was no longer on the spreadsheet, while another source said, "that s***'s out of here."

Netflix has yet to confirm that McMahon's documentary has been canceled. But if it's true, it would be another blow to the WWE executive amid his sexual misconduct allegations.

McMahon earlier said that he would cooperate with the investigation conducted by the "Special Committee," and he will accept the findings and outcome of the probe, "whatever they are."

Meanwhile, the WWE said Vince McMahon would retain his role and responsibilities related to "creative content" even though he had already stepped down from his post as WWE chief executive.

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Written by: Joshua Summers

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