Jack Gallagher is the latest WWE star accused of sexual harassment over the course of 48 hours
WWE took action against Jack Gallagher and released the star after allegations of sexual harassment were made against the wrestler.
This was the latest name brought in recent days with Matt Riddle, Ligero and Jordan Devlin all being called out.
Most of the allegations have come on social media from indie wrestlers and this saw several other WWE stars spoke out about the British wrestling scene was tarnished after all this.
WWE put up a short statement regarding the release of Gallagher which stated:
“WWE has come to terms on the release of Jack Gallagher (Jack Claffey)”.
A woman named Becky shared an incident from 2014 where she alleged that Gallagher got her drunk on New Year’s Eve.
He, apparently, made unwanted advances to her and wouldn’t take no for an answer.
Gallagher was featured a lot on 205 Live and even on NXT. He was one of the top cruiserweights for a while, and WWE didn’t wish him after letting him go.
Riddle considering action
While many other stars are in trouble, Riddle has decided to take action. The SmackDown star was accused of sexual abuse by Candy Cartwright basis an incident in 2018.
However, Riddle messaged someone regarding the incident with Wrestling Inc confirming that the conversation is real.
Riddle, in one message, replied when asked why Cartwright would be lying:
“Why does anybody lie? She has been harassing me for years I’ve had to change my number 3 times and I almost got a restraining order against her but didn’t wanna ruin her career.”
Riddle also went on to say that WWE and his lawyer are considering their options regarding the incident:
“My lawyer and WWE are already in motion to press charges for defamation and cyber stalking/bullying. But believe what you want bro why listen to logic or facts.”
It is important to remind that Riddle hasn’t been proved of any crime yet and he did appear on SmackDown where he defeated AJ Styles on his debut.
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