🔥 Explosive WWE Scandal Reignited: Judge Allows ‘Ring Boys’ Abuse Lawsuit Against Vince & Linda McMahon to Move Forward
A dark chapter from WWE’s past is back in the spotlight — and this time, it’s heading to court. A federal judge has ruled that a lawsuit accusing former WWE power couple Vince and Linda McMahon of knowingly allowing sexual abuse of teenage “ring boys” decades ago can move forward, reopening painful allegations that date back to the 1980s and 1990s.
The lawsuit, filed in Maryland in 2024, comes from nine former “ring boys” — young teens who worked ringside during WWE events at the height of the company’s rise. The men allege they were sexually abused by a WWE employee while under the company’s watch.
According to the filing, the McMahons were aware of the abuse. The suit claims the accused employee was fired in 1988 after concerns surfaced — only to be rehired roughly six weeks later, despite what the plaintiffs say the McMahons already knew.
That decision, the lawsuit argues, allowed the abuse to continue.
The accused employee has since passed away and is not named as a defendant. Instead, the lawsuit targets Vince and Linda McMahon personally, along with TKO Group Holdings, the parent company of Stamford-based WWE.
In his ruling last week, the federal judge rejected efforts to dismiss the case, determining that the plaintiffs’ claims were legally strong enough to proceed. The decision clears a major hurdle for the former ring boys, many of whom say they have carried the trauma in silence for decades.
For WWE — a global entertainment juggernaut built on larger-than-life heroes and villains — the ruling serves as a sobering reminder that unresolved allegations from its past still cast a long shadow.
As the case moves forward, it promises to shed new light on what WWE leadership knew, when they knew it, and whether the company’s most powerful figures failed to protect vulnerable teenagers behind the scenes of its booming wrestling empire.
