Following the latest wrestling industry bombshell heavily featuring WWE boss Vince McMahon, it’s been reported that the 76-year-old hasn’t been with his wife Linda McMahon for some time, though they are still legally married.
The Wall Street Journal broke a story on McMahon this Wednesday, revealing the businessman is being investigated amid claims he paid $3 million to a former employee with whom he had an affair. According to the allegations, Vince hired a woman back in 2019 whose $100,000 salary was doubled in the wake of the affair. Other females are said to have accused the WWE chairman of misconduct.
The Wrestling Observer Newsletter’s Dave Meltzer has since stated that Stephanie McMahon was in the know as it pertains to the situation. Stephanie took a leave of absence from WWE in May.
Meltzer also claimed Vince and Linda haven’t actually been together for a while.
“Technically they’re married,” he said in quotes cited by Inside The Ropes. “I mean, they haven’t been together in a long, long time though.”
Renee Dupree, who was with WWE during the Ruthless Aggression Era, has also said that Vince and Linda haven’t been living together for several years.
"I heard that Vince and Linda are still legally married, but they haven't lived together in decades,” Dupree remarked during a recent episode of the Café De Rene podcast.
Partners In Crime?
McMahon isn't the only one implicated in the report. While the woman in question is unable to share details of her relationship with the promoter, it's understood that John Laurinaitis was accused of misconduct too, with McMahon allegedly giving her to the WWE head of talent relations "like a toy."
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