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They aren’t named in the suit, so maybe we shouldn’t be crucifying them until an independent investigation occurs?

I agree they aren't named so you can't know. Yet... on page 8 of the lawsuit, it claims Corporate Officers 01, 02, and 03 knew who she was and why she was there. Now I can't claim to know who those officers are, nor will I ever do so. Most of the talk of Corporate officers I believe is between pages 47-50 if you want to read it, but it mostly states they knew who she was and why Vince hired her and then they turned a blind eye to what was happening. She alludes to Stephanie running a sham investigation into Vince's original stepping down, but the guy who oversaw that and left the board shortly after it concluded says that's a lie.

Now, I'm not saying the lawsuit is right, it very well could be full of lies, and that's for the court to decide. I'm just going to speak a bit on one thing I disagree with her on though. I've worked in places where I knew who people were, heard rumors of how they got their jobs, and ultimately "knew" them in that way before meeting them, for her to claim there is no way that a high-level corporate employee would know who she is I think is wrong.

I am also not a believer in the "they had to have known" mentality, pedo Priests and teachers, serial killers, regular everyday murderers, and school shooters, it's scary but there are so many stories about how they were these good nice neighbors or friends until they weren't or the stories come out.

So where I hesitate is that they may have known he was in a sexual relationship with her, while still possibly they didn't know about the abuses.

I'm also of the belief they all tried to stop him from ever being in the company again, where he had to override them and use his stock to take back control. Stephanie resigned shortly before the original WSJ article, only came back once he was kicked out, and then immediately resigned again when he forced his way back in, that tells me a lot about who may have leaked the story to the WSJ to begin with. But, that's all conjecture.

So while it's possible they knew, I also think it's possible they didn't know assuming the lawsuit is factual and they aren't executives 1-3.

I just hope the Feds are still investigating and are getting a lot of use from this lawsuit to charge the bastards if they did it.

Why does it seem like some people are focusing more on hoping WWE shuts down over this than on the actual victim, and potential others. This entire situation is gross.

Tribalism is strong on the internet, especially for some reason with wrestling companies, I guess because it's the closest thing we have to teams. When it came out that WWE met with Warner about RAW people were coming out of the woodwork on the internet hoping it would drive AEW off TV, which would effectively kill them, it's bonkers crazy how some wrestling fans want only their brand to be around.