Jury clears World Wrestling Entertainment in wrestler's sexual harassment suit
Tue Oct 8,11:20 PM ET
NEW YORK - A federal jury cleared World Wrestling Entertainment and one of its executives of sexual harassment, rejecting the claims of former wrestler Nicole Bass.
The decision Tuesday capped a wild three-week trial that included testimony from WWE chairman Vince McMahon, who detailed the world of pro wrestling.
After the verdict, WWE attorney Jerry McDevitt called Bass' case "a bunch of flimsy garbage, just a shakedown. ... She wanted money from a company that she thought would roll over and pay it. She was wrong."
Bass' attorney was not immediately available for comment.
The 6.2-foot (1.86-meter) 230-pound (103-kilogram) former wrestler, 38, had alleged that a male wrestler "graphically simulated a sexual act" behind her back, that male WWE employees accosted female wrestlers in locker rooms, and that she was sexually assaulted on an airplane by a WWE executive.
The executive, Steve Lombardi, was cleared of sexual harassment.
Back To Court Case Verdicts
