BODY SLAMMED
Thu Oct 3, 3:20 AM ET
By KATI CORNELL SMITH
A pair of knockout female wrestlers "put the boots" to Nicole Bass from the witness stand yesterday, accusing the massive body builder of lying in her sexual-harassment lawsuit against her former promoters.
The auburn-haired Ivory, whose real name is Lisa Moretti, and acrobatic Jacqueline Moore painted a rosy picture of working for World Wrestling Entertainment - in stark contrast to Bass's accounts of constant back stabbing and abuse.
"Working with the WWE is like a big family. The male wrestlers are like my brothers, and the female wrestlers are like my sisters," said Moore, flashing a gleaming smile at the jury.
"We laugh and we joke. We eat and travel together."
Bass claims male wrestlers and agents regularly barged into the women's locker rooms, gawking at the female performers whom they'd catch in various states of undress during her five months at the WWE in 1999.
In her testimony last week, the 6-foot-2, 230-pound bodybuilder said all "the girls" griped about this privately. But the two wrestlers, testifying for the defense, flatly denied having any locker-room problems, or discussing any incidents of sexual harassment with Bass.
Ivory, a three-time champion with the WWE since 1999, said she tried unsuccessfully to befriend the hulking wrestler.
"The sad thing about having a relationship with Nicole is I really gave her every opportunity because I saw there was a nice person inside," the wrestler said.
The two women were the first in a line of big-name wrestlers set to testify for the WWE this week. Superstar Triple H also is expected to take the witness stand.
Both women, who have their own action figures, had the Brooklyn federal-court jury in stitches as they discussed their various wrestling moves.
As WWE lawyers played a videotape to show Ivory's proficiency in the ring, the buxom performer shot jurors a gleaming smile and said, "Putting the boots to somebody, that's what I do best. Doesn't it look like fun? I can tell you want to learn."
Ivory said she once nixed a proposed lesbian story line between her and Bass.
"I told them I don't have anything against lesbians, but I don't want to be a lesbian on TV, especially if Nicole is going to be my girlfriend."
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