All-Purpose McMustache/WWE Sale Thread (Future: Endeavor-ed)

[mistery]

I think the problem here is that Rita Chatterton (and prosecutors if it ever went that far) would have had a hell of a time proving she was sexually assaulted. A case that is 40 years old would be hard to litigate for. No doubt Vince has skeletons in his closet, but Rita would need to convince 75% or 8/12 members of a jury to believe that in a civil trial.

[Lizuka #BLM]

Jan 19, 2023 14:53:56 GMT -5 polarbearpete said:

Jan 19, 2023 14:49:23 GMT -5 Lizuka #BLM said:

And as usual rich people never see actual consequences for anything. He throws a meaningless fraction of his wealth at the problem and it goes away.

It was a civil lawsuit, so the most that would’ve happened anyway would be a lengthy discovery period and trial over the period of a few years and the outcome would have been just money damages anyway.

The discovery and trial would've at least put him and the company under far more of a microscope and potentially led to far more information coming out.

But that said, plus side good for his victim that she got a big payday out of it. She deserves that much, it just sucks that it doesn't really do much of anything to impede the old f*** from doing it again.

[mistery]

Jan 19, 2023 14:57:29 GMT -5 Lizuka #BLM said:

Jan 19, 2023 14:53:56 GMT -5 polarbearpete said:

It was a civil lawsuit, so the most that would’ve happened anyway would be a lengthy discovery period and trial over the period of a few years and the outcome would have been just money damages anyway.

The discovery and trial would've at least put him and the company under far more of a microscope and potentially led to far more information to come out.

But that said, plus side good for his victim that she got a big payday out of it. She deserves that much, it just sucks that it doesn't really do much of anything to impede the old f*** from doing it again.

Keep in mind, this is only one lawsuit, there is at least one more sexual assault lawsuit ongoing as well. That tanning salon woman. And then there are the class action lawsuits against Vince for forcing his way back into the company against the will of the stockholders. Vince is likely going to be tied up in lawsuits for the rest of his life.

[The Dark Order Inferno]

I hope he gets a Hulk Hogan reception when he eventually puts himself back on TV, the evil old curseword deserves to get rapist chants on live TV.

[mistery]

Jan 19, 2023 15:03:59 GMT -5 The Dark Order Inferno said:

I hope he gets a Hulk Hogan reception when he eventually puts himself back on TV, the evil old curseword deserves to get rapist chants on live TV.

Unfortunately I doubt it will. Not everyone is terminally online like we are, and this story hasn't gotten much coverage on actual mainstream outlets. CNN talked about it very briefly for a bit, but quickly moved on. CBS, FOX, NBC, ABC, etc haven't even really touched the story.

[polarbearpete]

Jan 19, 2023 14:57:29 GMT -5 Lizuka #BLM said:

Jan 19, 2023 14:53:56 GMT -5 polarbearpete said:

It was a civil lawsuit, so the most that would’ve happened anyway would be a lengthy discovery period and trial over the period of a few years and the outcome would have been just money damages anyway.

The discovery and trial would've at least put him and the company under far more of a microscope and potentially led to far more information coming out.

But that said, plus side good for his victim that she got a big payday out of it. She deserves that much, it just sucks that it doesn't really do much of anything to impede the old f*** from doing it again.

Yeah it would put him more under the microscope but for something like sexual assault, it would also likely have even more of an effect on the victim having to re-live and talk endlessly about the situation, so I understand why she would want to settle.

[Lizuka #BLM]

Jan 19, 2023 15:11:38 GMT -5 polarbearpete said:

Jan 19, 2023 14:57:29 GMT -5 Lizuka #BLM said:

The discovery and trial would've at least put him and the company under far more of a microscope and potentially led to far more information coming out.

But that said, plus side good for his victim that she got a big payday out of it. She deserves that much, it just sucks that it doesn't really do much of anything to impede the old f*** from doing it again.

Yeah it would put him more under the microscope but for something like sexual assault, it would also likely have even more of an effect on the victim having to re-live and talk endlessly about the situation, so I understand why she would want to settle.

Yeah, I don't at all blame her for it, more I'm just frustrated with the situation being what it is.

[Confused Mark Wahlberg]

You know you're a real POS when you have to have a "sexual assault settlement" amount set aside in your yearly personal budget.

[MolotovMocktail]

Jan 19, 2023 14:29:37 GMT -5 @thelongandtheshort said:

Jan 19, 2023 13:38:23 GMT -5 Feargus McReddit said:

It’s very much “the call is coming from inside the house” at this point, if it ever was anything but that.

I mean, it's basically GOT to be Steph or Linda at this point, right?

In my mind, this was what was in Shane’s lockbox.

[Savage Gambino]

Jan 19, 2023 14:33:25 GMT -5 XIII said:

It’s HHH and Stephanie as they have the most to gain an lose. Which is why Vince is eventually going to find a way to force HHH out. It’s only a matter of time now.

As much as I prefer him over creative than you-know-who, between Stephanie's surgery and everything going on with Kevin Nash, I kinda feel like Triple H should go on ahead an step away for a while. Best case scenario, the talent (or the audience) forces Vince's hand, and Trips gets a hero's welcome and undisputed creative control. Worst case scenario, at least he left on his own terms.

[YAKMAN is ICHIBAN]

Jan 19, 2023 14:57:22 GMT -5 mistery said:

I think the problem here is that Rita Chatterton (and prosecutors if it ever went that far) would have had a hell of a time proving she was sexually assaulted. A case that is 40 years old would be hard to litigate for. No doubt Vince has skeletons in his closet, but Rita would need to convince 75% or 8/12 members of a jury to believe that in a civil trial.

I just wanted to note this varies by state - some states it's a bare majority, some states it depends on the dollar amount, some states its unanimous.

[WIENERS=$$$]

Jan 19, 2023 13:04:06 GMT -5 YAKMAN is ICHIBAN said:

Jan 19, 2023 12:44:41 GMT -5 canceled4truth said:

WALL STREET JOURNAL - WWE'S VINCE MCMAHON SETTLES MULTIMILLION DOLLAR LAWSUIT WITH EX-REF RITA CHATTERTON, WHO ACCUSED HIM OF RAPE

Gee, thank f*** he came back to lead a sale, don't know HOW the networks would be able to palate a WWE without this exemplary leader at the helm

Lousy green up pointing triangle.

In the time honored tradition of adding colored-shapes to WWE personalities

[bob]

Jan 19, 2023 12:44:41 GMT -5 canceled4truth said:

WALL STREET JOURNAL - WWE'S VINCE MCMAHON SETTLES MULTIMILLION DOLLAR LAWSUIT WITH EX-REF RITA CHATTERTON, WHO ACCUSED HIM OF RAPE

Vince McMahon, the executive chairman of World Wrestling Entertainment Inc., has agreed to a multimillion-dollar legal settlement with a former wrestling referee who accused him of raping her in 1986, according to people familiar with the agreement.

Mr. McMahon’s settlement with Rita Chatterton, completed last month, averts a public legal fight over her allegations as Mr. McMahon pursues a possible sale of the company.

Ms. Chatterton, the first female referee of what was then known as the World Wrestling Federation, demanded $11.75 million in damages for the alleged rape in a November letter to Mr. McMahon’s attorney reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.

Ms. Chatterton agreed to a lesser amount in the millions of dollars, one of the people familiar with the matter said, but the Journal couldn’t determine the exact figure.

“Mr. McMahon denies and always has denied raping Ms. Chatterton. And he settled the case solely to avoid the cost of litigation,” said Jerry McDevitt, a lawyer for Mr. McMahon.

Ms. Chatterton referred the Journal to her lawyer, John Clune, who declined to comment. WWE didn’t respond to requests for comment.

The deal follows a $7.5 million settlement Mr. McMahon reached in 2018 with a former wrestler who alleged that he coerced her into giving him oral sex, as well as a 2022 agreement in which he agreed to pay $3 million to a former WWE employee with whom he allegedly had an affair, the Journal previously reported citing people familiar with those agreements. Mr. McMahon has declined to publicly address the settlements.

WWE has declined to discuss the allegations against Mr. McMahon. The company previously said it was cooperating with a board inquiry into the payments and taking the claims seriously.

Mr. McMahon contended in a 1993 lawsuit that Ms. Chatterton was induced to make a false rape charge against him by a wrestler with an ax to grind. Mr. McMahon withdrew the lawsuit the following year, he said, to focus on defending against criminal steroid-related charges. He was acquitted of those charges in 1994.

A New York law recently opened a one-year window that allows victims of sex crimes to file lawsuits that would otherwise be barred by the statute of limitations. Ms. Chatterton’s attorney sought $11.75 million damages in a legal demand letter sent to Mr. McMahon’s attorney in November, weeks before the window opened.

The settlement provides Ms. Chatterton with a lump sum up front and annual installments, similar to Mr. McMahon’s previous agreements with women, the person familiar with the deal said.

Mr. McMahon stepped down as chairman and chief executive of WWE in July, after the Journal reported four secret settlement payments he made to women who accused him of sexual misconduct.

Mr. McMahon, the company’s controlling shareholder, returned as WWE’s executive chairman this month and changed the company’s bylaws to give him greater authority over its operations and pursue a possible sale.

WWE’s board had resisted his return, saying in a December letter that continuing investigations by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Justice Department into the secret payments by Mr. McMahon counseled against it.

In the letter, the board said Mr. McMahon’s return “would not be prudent from a shareholder value perspective.”

“This determination is based on a variety of factors, including non-public information the Board has become aware of and the risks to the Company and its shareholders of placing a greater spotlight on these issues,” the letter said.

Vince McMahon replaced three board members to make room for himself and two former executives.

Mr. McMahon replaced three independent board members to make room for himself and two former WWE executives. Two other independent directors have since resigned, along with his daughter, Stephanie McMahon, who had been co-chief executive with Nick Khan. Mr. Khan is now the company’s chief executive officer.

The Journal reported in December that Mr. McMahon was in talks with attorneys for Ms. Chatterton and a former spa manager who alleged Mr. McMahon assaulted her at a California resort in 2011, according to an email her lawyer sent to Mr. McMahon’s lawyer. The Journal couldn’t determine the status of the negotiations with the ex-spa manager.

Ms. Chatterton alleged in televised interviews in 1992 that Mr. McMahon had told her she needed to satisfy him to obtain a $500,000 contract with his company and raped her in the back of a limousine in New York.

Mr. Clune, Ms. Chatterton’s lawyer, said in the November demand letter that Ms. Chatterton had passed a polygraph and that multiple sources corroborated her account, two of whom confirmed to the Journal that Ms. Chatterton contemporaneously told them about the alleged rape.

An attorney for the former spa manager didn’t respond to a request for comment.

In the Nov. 3 legal demand, Mr. Clune wrote that the damage Ms. Chatterton had suffered from the alleged rape was “hard to overstate.” Ms. Chatterton “has suffered years of ongoing depression, substance abuse, disordered eating, lost income, and overall a decreased quality of life,” Mr. Clune wrote.

Write to Joe Palazzolo at [e-mail] and Ted Mann at [e-mail]

Gee, thank f*** he came back to lead a sale, don't know HOW the networks would be able to palate a WWE without this exemplary leader at the helm

is this enough to make Vince leave... again....

please?

[canceled4truth]

In possibly tangentially related news, the Saudi-owned LIV Golf Tour finally got a TV deal...with the CW, which I genuinely had no idea was still broadcasting.

www.wsj.com/articles/liv-golf-reaches-deal-to-broadcast-events-on-cw-network-11674136667

[Gawk Rivers]

Jan 19, 2023 18:57:28 GMT -5 canceled4truth said:

In possibly tangentially related news, the Saudi-owned LIV Golf Tour finally got a TV deal...with the CW, which I genuinely had no idea was still broadcasting.

www.wsj.com/articles/liv-golf-reaches-deal-to-broadcast-events-on-cw-network-11674136667

REJECT MODERNITY EMBRACE TRADITION

[Gawk Rivers]

SUPERWHOLIVS ITS ⛳GOLF DAY🗓️

[ssdrivin]

Jan 19, 2023 16:52:55 GMT -5 bob said:

Jan 19, 2023 12:44:41 GMT -5 canceled4truth said:

WALL STREET JOURNAL - WWE'S VINCE MCMAHON SETTLES MULTIMILLION DOLLAR LAWSUIT WITH EX-REF RITA CHATTERTON, WHO ACCUSED HIM OF RAPE

Gee, thank f*** he came back to lead a sale, don't know HOW the networks would be able to palate a WWE without this exemplary leader at the helm

is this enough to make Vince leave... again....

please?

If you're the kind of guy who can respond to getting legally scrutinised and kicked out of your own company (even though he came back) for paying off women to shut down unpleasant accusations... by paying off another woman for the same reason, and then coming back to the company you left in shame having "dealt with it", I don't think you're the kind of guy who ever gets what he deserves.

[Deleted]

LIV golf being on the CW is objectively hilarious

[Feargus McReddit]

Jan 19, 2023 18:57:28 GMT -5 canceled4truth said:

In possibly tangentially related news, the Saudi-owned LIV Golf Tour finally got a TV deal...with the CW, which I genuinely had no idea was still broadcasting.

www.wsj.com/articles/liv-golf-reaches-deal-to-broadcast-events-on-cw-network-11674136667

This is technically the first big deal from the new owners, the Nexster Group so I guess this is their way of starting as they mean to go on.

[Gawk Rivers]

Jan 19, 2023 20:01:42 GMT -5 UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm said:

LIV golf being on the CW is objectively hilarious

Saudi Arabia Golf live on the sexy white guy with superpowers in a blazer and t shirt network just hits so many boxes