Following the death of former WWE Superstar Ashley Massaro, an affidavit from 2016 resurfaced in which it was alleged that Vince McMahon and other company officials had threatened to fire the Diva if she didn't keep quiet about a sexual assault which took place while WWE was on tour in Kuwait.
Now, they've issued a response and it definitely appears as it this could be a case of Massaro's attorney looking to get money from WWE.
"WWE is saddened by the death of Ashley Massaro, and we reiterate our condolences to her family. However, we regret that her attorney Konstantine Kyros, who filed multiple cases against WWE, lost all of them, and was sanctioned multiple times by the Court for repeated misconduct and false allegations, is using Ashley’s death to further his malicious campaign against WWE by releasing an affidavit that she submitted to the Court and later apologized to WWE for being involved with, so we wish to make certain things crystal clear.
1. At no time was Vince McMahon or the management of WWE ever informed by Ashley Massaro or anybody else that she had been sexually assaulted, drugged, raped or sodomized by a military doctor with a nurse standing guard while on a goodwill tour in 2007 to U.S. military bases in Kuwait. In fact, if she ever articulated such a claim to WWE, we would have reported it immediately to the Base Commander.
2. At no time was there ever a meeting with Vince McMahon, Kevin Dunn, John Laurinaitis or other company executives in which she told them of such a claim and was instructed to keep it quiet."
We may never know what really happened but these are obviously damning allegations and not a good look for WWE with the other recent PR nightmares they've had thanks to their relationship with Saudi Arabia and John Oliver's coverage about how they treat their Superstars.
With Massaro not here to share her side of the story, though, this might just be the end of the matter.