Millions of documents connected to the late child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein were made public by the Justice Department on Friday. Among the many names mentioned, including President Donald Trump and British royal Andrew Windsor Mountbatten, were troubling allegations linking the late WWE star Ashley Massaro to Epstein’s network.
Massaro had claimed she was drugged and sexually assaulted by a U.S. military doctor during a WWE tour in Kuwait back in 2006. For years, WWE denied any awareness of Massaro’s allegations until her tragic suicide in 2019. Following her death, NCIS reopened an investigation, but it was eventually dropped due to the significant passage of time and a lack of physical evidence and witnesses.
When Epstein died in 2019 while serving his sentence, hope for justice shifted to the prosecution of his associate, Ghislaine Maxwell. A July 2020 complaint sent to Audrey Strauss, the assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, detailed Maxwell’s involvement. Although the complaint redacted the complainant’s identity, it implied that Massaro had worked for Maxwell and described ongoing abuse on Epstein’s island.
The complaint stated, “…she talked about terrible things happening on the island. The corpse of a young girl, ‘wearing a mask and tied to a tree.’ She said, ‘The guy from London was really mean, and the guy from Miami was really mean.’ She also mentioned the man forced her to have sex with black men while he watched, and she was young, in high school… She added that she became pregnant when her friend Ashley Massaro was still in high school. Both of them had worked for Maxwell and Mechela in Miami, Florida.”
Fan Take: This news shocks WWE fans as it reveals a dark and troubling side of the industry’s past, highlighting the vulnerability of its performers. Shedding light on such allegations could lead to greater awareness and stronger protections for wrestlers, ensuring the sport promotes safety and dignity for all involved.
