Court documents said the case was stayed pending a ruling by the Supreme Court of Maryland on consolidated appeals on the constitutionality of the Maryland Child Victims Act of 2023.

Summary

A sexual abuse lawsuit against former WWE CEO Linda McMahon, Trump’s education secretary pick, is paused while a ruling is made on Maryland’s 2023 Child Victims Act, which eliminated the statute of limitations for abuse claims.

The lawsuit, filed by five men, accuses McMahon of ignoring abuse by former WWE announcer Melvin Phillips, who allegedly assaulted boys as young as 13 in the 1980s.

McMahon denies the claims and plans to fight the case.

Vince McMahon, also implicated, left WWE earlier this year amid misconduct allegations.

  • TimLovesTech (AuDHD)(he/him)@badatbeing.socialEnglish
    4·
    19 days ago

    Did you sleep through his 1st administration? It was all about selling out the US for profit for him and his “friends”, and trying to kill the people that live here while blaming minorities, and embracing hate groups as a personal militia.

    This time around he ran on the platform of imprisoning political rivals, increasing hate against minorities/Jews/and “radical democrats”, using the military to put down opposition/protests (he was a big fan of Tiananmen Square), taking away people’s insurance, raising taxes while cutting taxes and regulation for the wealthy and crypto scammers and on and on. Just promising endless corruption, and people saw that and said “OK” and voted him in.

    • just_another_person@lemmy.world
      5·
      19 days ago

      Yes, which was an anomaly at the time, and there were people still in the mix stopping some of that from “going too far”. No resistance this time. They have Congress and the WH. Going to just be blatant out and out corruption.