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WWE set to call up wrestlers accused of sexual assault, pedophilia – Rumor

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WWE set to call up wrestlers accused of sexual assault, pedophilia – Rumor

Current WWE NXT stars Wolfgang, Joe, and Mark Coffey are being promoted on WWE Survivor Series programs ahead of this weekend’s event in Chicago, Ill. The report comes from WrestleVotes via the X social media platform, with it also being noted that Akam & Rezar–the Authors of Pain–are being advertised for a return.

During the 2020 Speaking Out movement, where-in many victims plucked up the courage to name abusers on the wrestling circuit, Joe Coffey and Wolfgang were named among them.

Wolfgang’s ex-fiancee, Laura Ryan, accused him of being emotionally manipulative and taking unsolicited pictures of school girls.

Below is what she posted (via Bodyslam.net):

“I’m not one for posting so publicly on the Internet but today I woke up to a message from a close friend with regards to the #Speakingout movement in the wrestling scene on Twitter and I have carried this emotional burden with me for years and have since battled with self-harm, mental illness and I’m yet again on the waiting list to see a psychologist, I feel like it’s time to share my experience.

I was involved in professional wrestling for about 5-6 years as a trainee and a Valet. In that time, I was engaged to a now WWE NXT professional wrestler, Barry ‘Wolfgang’ Young.

During this period, I was an absolute shell of myself due to the emotional abuse I endured in that relationship. He wasn’t physically abusive with me in that time but he was extremely emotionally manipulative and I caught unsolicited photographs of school girls on both his laptop and on his camera memory cards from several occasions, including one to which he admitted to driving to St. Mungo’s Academy and waiting for the school to finish and proceeded to take photos of school girls as they left.

I know a lot of people will be incredibly shocked by this due to the ‘Good Guy, Couldn’t do more for you’ facade and there probably will be a lot of questions regarding why I didn’t come out sooner – but I was so f*cking emotionally abused I actually feared for my life and it’s taken me a very long time to realise that I wasn’t at fault.”

Joe Coffey was accused of sexual harassment, assault, sending unsolicited naked photos, voice messages, and stalking. On June 30, 2020, WWE suspended him.

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