Federal prosecutors in Manhattan have stopped investigating criminal investigations focusing on whether former world wrestling entertainment boss Vince McMahon attempted to conceal multiple allegations of sexual misconduct, his lawyer told the post.
Revelation Friday says that a large ju judge on appeals took place on sexual misconduct from two former female employees who ended up paying $10.5 million to keep quiet It comes when you reveal that you have considered whether you broke the law by hiding the allegations.
The decision from the panel of three judges is not named McMahon, but as CEO, he has said that he will avoid internal accounting management of the company and mislead the company’s auditor. refers to the subject of an ongoing large juice investigation into whether he engaged in a criminal scheme to avoid. Multiple allegations of sexual misconduct filed against him by two former company employees I’ll hide it.”
A source familiar with the matter confirmed in the post that McMahon is the former CEO referenced in the ruling.
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision suggests that the case is still active. However, McMahon’s attorney Robert W. Allen, a former Manhattan federal prosecutor, stressed on Tuesday that the prosecutors had concluded the investigation without asking the large ju court to bring charges against him.
“This is the result of a complaint of procedural issues discussed five months ago,” Allen told the Post. “We have been in consistent communication with the government since then and there is no ambiguity, but we understand that the investigation is clearly concluded and does not bring about accusations.”
The prosecutor’s clear decision to abandon the lawsuit despite the government ruled in June 2024 that McMahon and one of his former lawyers “established a possible cause for believe” And there will be a clear decision to abandon the lawsuit.
Evidence that they “circumvented (company) internal controls and created false books and records,” “concealed the victim’s claim and settlement agreement from (company)” and “falsely to the company’s auditors.” “We made a misleading statement,” Caproni’s ruling said.
Both Caproni and Appellants panels – judges Gerald Lynch, Beth Robinson and Sarah Merriam write that conversations with McMahon’s lawyers are not subject to the privileges of lawyers and clients, prosecuting the issue of evidence He supported the officials.
The Court of Appeals said that McMahon’s former Lawyer “specifically, via text rather than via email for the ex-law of the company to gain knowledge of it.” I saw a file indicating that I had given instructions.
These facts and others “providing sufficient grounds to believe that a wise person constitutes settlement negotiations and the resulting communication between lawyers and clients, and is intended to conceal the agreement from the company. ” wrote on behalf of the panel.
However, the prosecutors decided to withdraw the case at some point between September 18th and January 10th. This announced that the Securities and Exchange Commission reached a settlement with McMahon on the day the Biden administration fell. Sources familiar with the issue say the claims are.
When the SEC deal was announced, McMahon issued a statement implying that he would not face criminal charges, dismissing the seriousness of the investigation.
“In the end, there were no more minor accounting errors regarding some of the personal payments I made while I was CEO of WWE,” McMahon said in a statement. “I’m excited to be able to put all of this behind me.”
The Wall Street Journal was the first to break news in February 2024 that federal prosecutors were keeping an eye on McMahon and interviewing at least one of his accusers. The newspaper reported that the Fed is considering allegations of “sexual assault” and “sex trafficking.”
However, Friday’s ruling, which does not mention sex trafficking, shows that the investigation focused on whether McMahon broke the law by covering up the allegations.
Some details of the decision match exactly with public information about McMahon and the companies he led over decades.
The ruling, for example, pays $10.5 million to two women who accused him of sexual misconduct by “the former CEO of a publicly available company.” According to the Securities and Exchange Commission, that is the exact amount McMahon paid to the two women.
The ruling also announced by the CEO’s company on July 25, 2022 that it plans to amend some of the “financial statements” for 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022. The plan is to account for $14.6 million of the total “settlement payments” they made.
WWE announced that it was taking those exact measures in a regulatory submission that day.
An SDNY spokesman declined to comment.
If a criminal investigation is actually concluded without indictment, it records the second mark that McMahon emerged from a federal law enforcement investigation without being convicted of the crime.
McMahon, a longtime Trump supporter, was tried in Brooklyn Federal Court in 1994 on suspicion of conspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids to wrestlers. However, after an 18-day trial featuring testimony from wrestling superstar Hulk Hogan, the ju judges acquitted him.
McMahon’s wife, Linda McMahon, is facing a Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday as a candidate for the Department of Education.
