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A Joint Status Report was filed by all participants in regard to the lawsuit filed against TKO Group Holdings, WWE, Vince McMahon and Linda McMahon over allegations of abuse of underage ring boys in the 1980s and 1990s. before the U.S. District Court District of Maryland (Baltimore) today.
In the Status Report, it was noted that The Supreme Court of Maryland ruled that the State’s Child Victims Act, which took effect in 2023 and eliminates time limits for lawsuits filed by victims that who allege they were sexually abused as children, has been upheld, meaning there are no statue of limitations on civil cases brought before the Court. Since that is the case, everyone involved is waiting for the Court to end the current stay on the lawsuit.
In the motion, the two sides have agreed that when the lawsuit is once again active, the defendants will have 45 days to officially respond to the lawsuit and/or file their motions to dismiss.
The plaintiffs will then have 21 days to respond.
If an amended lawsuit is filed, the defendants would have 14 days to respond to the amended version.
The lawsuit was brought by five former ring boys who worked for the then-World Wrestling Federation while underage in the 1980s and 1990s, alleging the company and the McMahon failed to protect them from being abused by the late Mel Phillips (who worked as a ring announcer and oversaw the ring crew.)
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