Vince McMahon continues to push back the discovery process of WWE shareholder lawsuits. He argued that the plaintiff was using the case to pry his personal life.
McMahon’s lawyers have asked the court to reject the plaintiff’s previous claim in a new public filing with Chancery Court in Delaware, originally reported by Wreslnomics. The plaintiffs were pushing McMahon to take over documents specific to allegations of sexual misconduct. They argue that he may have considered the ultimate decision to agree to a post-acquisition merger agreement, not in accordance with the financial obligations he had in charge of shareholders to seek the best provider, but rather in the event of maintaining him after acquisition.
However, McMahon’s lawyers have already agreed to dismiss the concept as “valuable” and to produce all documents that link sexual misconduct allegations to the merger process. However, McMahon is reluctant to take over what he called “deeply personal and intimate communication” with the women he was involved in, and his family’s messages about those relationships.
McMahon’s part argues that these materials are irrelevant to the case and should focus on his fiduciary duties inherent in the merger process, and accusing the plaintiffs of using McMahon and his family as a way of harassment.
“If this court grants a plaintiff’s complaint, the case will be left to the minitrial over allegations of sexual misconduct,” his attorney wrote. The courts have not yet controlled this issue. McMahon also defends lawsuits in Maryland and Connecticut, which are linked to the “ringboy” scandal and allegations of sexual assault and human trafficking by a former WWE employee. In the past, no criminal charges have been filed in McMahon related to alleged sexual misconduct.
