Ashley Massaro’s Lawyer Isn’t Surprised At Vince McMahon Trafficking Lawsuit

The biggest news that has taken over the world of professional wrestling is the new lawsuit filed by Janel Grant against Vince McMahon containing allegations of sexual assault and sex trafficking.

This lawsuit is only the latest to come to light and there have been numerous misdeeds committed by Vince McMahon over the years dating back to more than a decade ago. One of those cases involved Ashley Massaro who filed a concussion lawsuit against WWE during which she alleged that the company covered up her being sexually assaulted at a military base in 2007.

This was the beginning of the end of her as she went on a downward spiral before she ultimately took her own life. Attorney Konstantine Kyros, who represented Ashley Massaro during her lawsuit, spoke out against the recent lawsuit against Vince McMahon during an appearance on Newsnation.

Konstantine claimed that the culture within the company was toxic and sexual assault was rampant but no one spoke up due to fear of getting fired.

“This doesn’t come as any surprise to the followers of Vince or the WWE. The culture was toxic. The sexual exploitation was just part of the overall control. The wrestlers function in an in-group subculture where they’re governed by a code of silence called kayfabe. This basically prevents people from speaking out because they’ll lose their jobs and livelihoods.”

Konstantine further claimed that Mr. McMahon was commonly seen kissing the divas and when Ashley rejected his advances, her career came to a halt.

“My understanding, from Ashley, and I think this is well-known to anybody with remote familiarity of the ins and outs of WWE. I believe the allegations were Mr. McMahon himself was commonly seen kissing the Divas in the rooms and so forth. When she rejected his advances, she met the fate of many other wrestlers, which was that her career was going to come to an end, and that’s essentially what happened.”

Kyros further alleged that Ashley had serious injuries to her neck as well as herniated discs due to a lack of proper healthcare provided by the company.

“In addition to these horrific allegations that she made, it’s important for viewers to understand that the wrestlers have been exploited and injured for decades by McMahon. She had very common orthopedic injuries, she had very serious injuries to her neck, where she had herniated discs. This type of lack of any engagement with their healthcare, the health crisis that wrestlers are in when they suffer these horrendous injuries, and then they end up, unfortunately, in some cases, taking their own lives because they have, in many cases, undiagnosed (injuries).”

As the days pass by, many people are starting to speak out against Vince McMahon. McMahon has somehow managed to get out of serious situations before but it looks like he has dug himself into a much bigger hole this time.

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