The divorce deal, signed in January, is intended to prevent the former employee from discussing her relationship with McMahon or making derogatory comments about him, according to the Journal. An email sent to WWE board members on March 30 shows McMahon, 76, hiring the 41-year-old former employee for $ 100,000 and then giving her a $ 200,000 increase after she allegedly had sex with her. The report, citing documents and reports from people familiar with the board’s investigation, said the board’s investigation began in April and revealed other non-disclosure agreements during the years involving allegations of misconduct by former McMahon employees. and John Laurinaitis, head of talent at WWE Affiliates. The email sent to the board about the former WWE employee, who was hired illegally in 2019, claimed that McMahon gave the woman to Laurinaitis “as a toy”. The council is investigating the email allegations, the report said. The WSJ said the board kept the law firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett from conducting the investigation and that payments for non-disclosure agreements other than that of the former employee totaled in the millions. An ESPN request for comment from WWE was not returned Wednesday night. The WSJ reported that a WWE spokesman was cooperating fully with the board investigation and that the relationship between the outlaw and McMahon was consensual. McMahon bought the then World Wrestling Federation (WWF) from his father, Vincent J. McMahon, in 1982 and founded the company into a global wrestling power and multimedia group that has created crossover stars such as Hulk Hogan, The Rock, “Stone Cold “. Steve Austin and John Cena. WWE is a listed company, but McMahon still holds the majority of shareholder voting power.
