Ex-WWE Chairman Vince McMahon faces new lawsuit accusing him of ignoring sexual abuse

As Vince McMahon's intersexual artillery and trafficking lawsuit is still ongoing, nan erstwhile WWE president now faces a abstracted title stating he ignored intersexual maltreatment wrong nan company.  

A suit was revenge successful Maryland connected Wednesday against nan WWE, McMahon, WWE genitor institution TKO, and Vince's woman Linda McMahon alleging negligence that allowed nan group known arsenic nan 'ring boys' to beryllium 'exploited and sexually abused' by a institution employee.   

The named erstwhile WWE worker is Melvin Phillips Jr., who was nan company's' ringside announcer and ringing unit main nether McMahon's leadership.

A connection from DiCello Levitt, who were portion of filing nan lawsuit, declare Phillips hired nan underaged boys to assistance pinch errands and different tasks to hole for shows. The results were allegedly not kept to conscionable those tasks.  

'The underaged Ring Boys were groomed, exploited, and sexually abused by Phillips, who targeted children from surgery homes. His intersexual assaults occurred not only astatine nan wrestling venues, but besides successful edifice rooms and different locations wherever Phillips would shuttle nan boys successful plain sight,' nan connection read. 

'Defendants were afloat alert of nan systemic and pervasive maltreatment and did thing to forestall aliases extremity it. The FBI antecedently identified astatine slightest 10 Ring Boys abused by Phillips, but location are apt countless others who person suffered successful soundlessness for decades.'

The 'ring boys' suit cites nan determination to travel guardant now coincides pinch nan accusation they person learned from Vince McMahon's suit from Janel Grant, who claims McMahon sexually assaulted her erstwhile she worked for nan company. 

Grant's accusations led to McMahon's imperishable removal from nan master wrestling industry. The merchandise besides cites 'recent changes successful activity maltreatment laws' that person allowed them to 'pursue justice.' 

Representatives from WWE and TKO person not commented publically connected nan claims. 

Jessica Rosenberg, McMahon's attorney, told USA TODAY the allegations are 'false claims' stemming from nan original reporting connected nan maltreatment 3 decades ago. 

Grant besides released a connection connected nan caller lawsuit.  

'The allegations successful nan "ring boys" suit against WWE are profoundly troubling. Vince McMahon made intersexual maltreatment and quality trafficking a hallmark of WWE’s civilization for decades. Survivors for illustration Janel Grant and different erstwhile WWE labor merit their time successful court.'

'All erstwhile WWE labor who knowledgeable intersexual maltreatment and harassment should beryllium allowed to show nan truth by having their non-disclosure agreements waived. Ms. Grant stands by each WWE survivors and believes that Mr. McMahon, WWE, and each progressive parties must beryllium held accountable.'

Linda McMahon has not worked for nan WWE since 2009.