Ring Boys Lawsuit Against WWE, TKO, Vince McMahon, & Linda McMahon Update – WWE & TKO Request for Lawsuit to be Paused Until Maryland Supreme Court Rules on New State Law

As noted before, a lawsuit was filed this past October against WWE, WWE’s parent company TKO Group, former WWE Chairman Vince McMahon, and Linda McMahon on behalf of the survivors of the infamous WWE Ring Boys scandal in 1992.

Wrestlenomics and Post Wrestling’s Brandon Thurston reported that attorneys for WWE and TKO filed a motion on Monday to have the lawsuit against them be put on pause until the Maryland Supreme Court issues a ruling on the constitutionality of the Maryland Child Victims Act

In the filing, WWE’s attorneys stated:

“If the [Child Victims Act] is found to be unconstitutional, the claims here cannot go forward. Given that circumstance, it is appropriate and even necessary to stay this matter until the Supreme Court of Maryland decides that fundamental and potentially case determinative issue.”

In the filing, the defendants also pointed to a number of other cases that have been stayed and awaiting an official decision from Maryland’s Supreme Court.

In regards to the law in dispute, Thurston reported that this new state law removes the statue of limitations and allowing victims to sue non-perpetrator defendants whose negligence may have led to child sex abuse.

Thurston reported that attorneys for WWE and TKO also had filed a motion to remove the case from the state level, Baltimore County Circuit Court, where it had been filed to a federal court in Maryland instead. In their filing, they argued that “federal jurisdiction is established due to the diversity of state citizenship of the parties and the amount of damages the plaintiffs are seeking.”

Thurston also reported that attorneys for Linda and Vince McMahon had submitted separate filings stating that they consent to WWE’s efforts to move the case to a federal court.

Thurston reported that an official ruling by the Maryland Supreme Court regarding the constitutionality of the state’s Child Victims Act is currently expected by August 31, 2025 based on WWE’s motion filing.

Thurston also reported that WWE has also recently asked the federal court to postpone their December 9th deadline to official respond to the lawsuit and had stated that they contacted the plaintiffs’ attorneys to agree on delaying the deadline but were denied.

“On November 26, 2024, counsel for Defendants spoke by e-mail with counsel for Plaintiffs and sought Plaintiffs consent to the relief sought herein. Plaintiffs advised that they do not consent to this request.”

WWE reportedly is also asking the court to shorten the plaintiffs’ deadline to oppose their request for more time and setting a deadline of December 5th.

Thurston reported that Judge James K. Bredar is assigned to the federal case and will rule on the defendants’ motions.