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

As Vince McMahon's intersexual artillery and trafficking lawsuit is inactive ongoing, the erstwhile WWE president present faces a abstracted ailment stating helium ignored intersexual maltreatment wrong the company.  

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

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

A connection from DiCello Levitt, who were portion of filing the lawsuit, assertion Phillips hired the underaged boys to assistance with 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 breached homes. His intersexual assaults occurred not lone astatine the wrestling venues, but besides successful edifice rooms and different locations wherever Phillips would shuttle the boys successful plain sight,' the connection read. 

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

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

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

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

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

Grant besides released a connection connected the caller lawsuit.  

'The allegations successful the "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 similar Janel Grant and different erstwhile WWE employees merit their time successful court.'

'All erstwhile WWE employees who experienced intersexual maltreatment and harassment should beryllium allowed to archer the information by having their non-disclosure agreements waived. Ms. Grant stands by each WWE survivors and believes that Mr. McMahon, WWE, and each progressive parties indispensable beryllium held accountable.'

Linda McMahon has not worked for the WWE since 2009.