Ashley Massaro, a former WWE wrestler who passed away in 2019, accused former WWE CEO Vince McMahon of predatory behavior in a previously unreleased statement obtained by Vice News.
In the statement, Massaro claimed she was punished for rejecting McMahon by receiving bad scripts that tarnished her reputation. She described feeling uncomfortable as McMahon incessantly called her hotel and cell phones.
This statement was omitted from the affidavit published after her death, where she accused McMahon and top executives of covering up her rape on a military base in 2006, a claim denied by WWE initially but later confirmed by an attorney for John Laurinaitis.
During an interview with News Nation, Cara Pipia, a close friend of Massaro, asserted that Massaro confided in WWE executives, including Vince and Stephanie McMahon, about the assault she experienced.
However, instead of receiving support, Massaro allegedly faced threats and was told to keep the matter quiet.
According to Pipia, Massaro felt unsupported and unsafe during the encounter and subsequent phone conversations with WWE executives, wherein her concerns were downplayed, leaving her feeling manipulated and disregarded.
You can watch it below:
Cara Pipia, friend of Ashley Massaro, a former WWE star who accused Vince McMahon of covering up an alleged rape, joined #Banfield to discuss the allegations made. MORE: https://t.co/UH9s3sC401 pic.twitter.com/Ep927Xrxgb
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Ashley’s daughter Alexa tweeted the following about this situation:
“Finally gained the courage to search my mom’s name and I see her ex best friend, the woman who has harassed me and my grandma since her passing / has messaged family members AWFULLY mean things pretending to be me etc as the voice chosen to represent this. God help me.
Cara Pipia wasn’t even a friend of my mother’s when she passed. She was an ex best friend who, since her passing, has just spam messaged me unsettling / delirious messages and has fabricated bizarre messages etc etc.
For the record I didn’t watch the video, I just wanted to put that out there. (Cara) could be correct, though, regardless of Cara Pipia being the last person my mom would want speaking on her behalf, the things my mother faced during her years with WWE were real.
No one who supports the Massaro family (literally all that’s remaining is me and my grandma Barbara who I live with ANYWAYS) would go to the media or news outlets. They know its against our wishes, her mother’s wishes. Her mother as in ASHLEY’S mother. My grandmother.”
Below are photos of Alexa and Ashley:
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