Last week, former ROH women of honor star Taeler Hendrix made a stunning accusation against current ROH World Champion Jay Lethal, in which she stated that her career was derailed because she refused to sleep with the former House of Truth member. ROH responded by saying they are taking this claim seriously and are currently investigating the matter.
Lethal finally broke his silence and tweeted out a message to his fans.
"Please do not use my words here as fuel to attack myself or my accuser, there is already too much hate going around in the world so let's not add to it," Lethal advised in his tweet.
"Let me be clear, there is absolutely no validity to these baseless allegations," Lethal wrote in his longer response.
"Throughout my career, I have sought to conduct myself with honor and integrity. I would never engage in any conduct that disrespects this business or the men and women in this industry.
"Every individual has a right to be heard and must be given every opportunity to speak truth to power. Anyone engaging in misconduct or abuse of any kind simply has no place in our business or our society.
"I am confident that these unfortunate allegations will be proven to be completely unfounded at the conclusion of Ring Of Honor's investigation."
Hendrix replied soon after Lethal's response by releasing a screenshot from a text message thread presumably from her former colleague. It appears that the ROH World champ was trying to reach Hendrix, though it's unclear how this is supposed to back her
claim against him.
Hendrix went on to say Lethal pulled her aside at a live event to speak to her. She said the business has been a certain way for so long, but she's "tired of it" and "fighting for what's right."