The United States District Court District of Maryland (Baltimore) has lifted the stay in the lawsuit filed by a number of former underage ring boys against TKO Group Holdings, WWE, Vince McMahon and Linda McMahon over allegations of abuse of underage ring boys in the 1980s and 1990s. before today.
The Court has ordered the defendants respond by Monday 4/7.
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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