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RandySF

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Wed Nov 20, 2024, 10:50 PM Nov 20

Trump Pick Linda McMahon Is Facing Her Own Sex Scandal [View all]

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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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
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