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RandySF

(71,644 posts)
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 10:50 PM Nov 20

Trump Pick Linda McMahon Is Facing Her Own Sex Scandal

Former WWE CEO Linda McMahon left the spectacle of televised wrestling more than a decade ago, but her new appointment to Donald Trump‘s administration has brought fresh scrutiny to her time presiding over the testosterone-charged industry.

McMahon on Tuesday was tapped to lead the Department of Education as she and her husband, the embattled Vince McMahon, are embroiled in a sex scandal, something of a developing trend in the second Trump administration.

Last month, a group of five former “ring boys” named the McMahons in a sex abuse lawsuit along with World Wrestling Entertainment and its parent company, TKO Group. The John Does alleged that from the 1970s to the 1990s, former WWE announcer Melvin Phillips Jr. groomed and sexually assaulted them and other minors, without any consequences from his employer.

What’s more, they claimed the McMahons—in their capacity as chief WWE executives—specifically knew about and ignored Philips’s predation. His “peculiar and unnatural interest” in young boys prompted the couple to fire Phillips in 1988, the lawsuit says; they quickly reinstated him on the condition he “steer clear from kids,” which he didn’t.

Linda’s lawyer, Laura Brevetti, called the lawsuit’s complaints “baseless” and said the McMahons were separated.



https://www.thedailybeast.com/linda-mcmahon-tapped-for-trumps-education-secretary-faces-own-sex-scandal/

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Trump Pick Linda McMahon Is Facing Her Own Sex Scandal (Original Post) RandySF Nov 20 OP
The family values party radius777 Nov 20 #1
Well, let's us just K&R this UTUSN Nov 20 #2
Yup. sheshe2 Nov 20 #3
It's not a bug UpInArms Nov 20 #4
No kidding. sheshe2 Nov 20 #5
Making America GRATE Again. calimary Nov 20 #7
That too! sheshe2 Nov 20 #10
Every accusation is an admission. QAnon will be right in this. underpants Nov 21 #16
"Sex Scandal" aside.. what makes Linda McMahon Cha Nov 20 #6
Yep.. Tribetime Nov 20 #8
I think she met Betsy DeVoss once. Mr.Bill Nov 20 #9
Thanks.. I figured it was something Cha Nov 21 #19
She and hubby gave him millions of dollars. sheshe2 Nov 20 #11
TSF is Obviously Trying to Make a Mockery of Cha Nov 21 #20
I hear you, Cha. sheshe2 Nov 21 #21
He's not just trying. 3catwoman3 Nov 21 #23
I know... I was going to write that Cha Nov 21 #28
Loud & clear, Cha and Sheshe Hekate Nov 21 #25
Aloha Hekate... Cha Nov 21 #29
Being a sexual predator of some sort seems to be a requirement. GoCubsGo Nov 21 #31
Much of that whole world moniss Nov 21 #12
There is no bottom with Trump sakabatou Nov 21 #13
I guess they figure,... LudwigPastorius Nov 21 #14
I nominate Shane McMahon for Secretary of Defense. NBachers Nov 21 #15
you cannot make this shit up Skittles Nov 21 #17
I am still obsessed with the software tabulation used in those machines. kimbutgar Nov 21 #18
Having involvement in a sex crimes is required on their CVs Hassler Nov 21 #22
Following in the fine tradition NJCher Nov 21 #24
Seems its the standard with Figarosmom Nov 21 #26
The Group at the Center of Trump's Planning for a Second Term Is One You Haven't Heard of cliffside Nov 21 #27
Many thanks for this link. dmr Nov 21 #30
You're welcome! :) nt cliffside Nov 21 #35
No one sold a Stunner worse than her. LoveSucky Nov 21 #32
Of course, she's a republicon BoRaGard Nov 21 #33
Feature Old Crank Nov 21 #34
K&R with disgust for exposure meow2u3 Nov 21 #36

radius777

(3,836 posts)
1. The family values party
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 11:08 PM
Nov 20

whose preoccupation with sex and gender has always been a projection.

They go nuts about woke, trans etc as the 'decay of society' - but seem to have no concern about actual predators (and enablers thereof) in their midst.

sheshe2

(89,334 posts)
3. Yup.
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 11:27 PM
Nov 20

Sex Scandals everywhere. Trump’s Cabinet-level nominees have been accused of sexual harassment and assault, and one has faced allegations of child sex trafficking.

President-Trump
Attorney General-Gaetz
Department of Education-McMahon
Department of Defense-Hegseth
Department of Health and Human Services. -Kennedy
Department of Government Efficiency -Musk

Cha

(306,854 posts)
20. TSF is Obviously Trying to Make a Mockery of
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 12:31 AM
Nov 21

America. And, his Puppeteer is laughing it up over there in Russia.

I HOPE it All Explodes in his Ugly face Someday!



Cha

(306,854 posts)
28. I know... I was going to write that
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 02:39 AM
Nov 21

at first but changed it in Hopes that We Patriots Can Make America Better than even Before.

High Hopes to be Sure.. but I won't lose it.

GoCubsGo

(33,415 posts)
31. Being a sexual predator of some sort seems to be a requirement.
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 08:19 AM
Nov 21

I wonder what drugs she's on, because being a druggie seems to be another prerequisite for a Cabinet nomination.

moniss

(6,453 posts)
12. Much of that whole world
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 12:08 AM
Nov 21

is about as sleazy as it gets. When Vince got forced out at WWE so quickly you know what he was into had to be real, real bad. That was his baby like he would hang on to for dear life.

kimbutgar

(24,037 posts)
18. I am still obsessed with the software tabulation used in those machines.
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 12:23 AM
Nov 21

Like dumpt demanded he got the hand counts. Especially in those swing states. Him winning them all is an abnormality IMHO!

dmr

(28,704 posts)
30. Many thanks for this link.
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 03:06 AM
Nov 21

Linda McMahon is deep into Trumpism. This article is all about it, along with others.

McMahon donated $20 million to TFG's super PAC Make America Great Again, Inc.

The more I read, the more disgusted I get.

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