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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Johanna Chisholm

WWE CEO investigated for alleged $3m hush money payment to ‘mistress’, report says

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The World Wrestling Entertainment’s board is reportedly investigating the company’s chief executive, Vince McMahon, over multi-million-dollar payouts he allegedly made to a paralegal at the company with whom he allegedly had an affair, according to the Wall Street Journal.

The Journal, who cited documents and interviews with anonymous sources familiar with the matter, reported on Wednesday that the billionaire wrestling magnate reached a non-disclosure agreement with the woman in January, which precludes her from discussing the intimate matters of their relationship or airing critical statements about the 76-year-old CEO.

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