So far in 2026, WWE and Vince McMahon have been able to avoid lengthy litigation related to the respective lawsuits brought against them by WWE shareholders and Janelle Grant, the former. is regulated and the latter goes to arbitration. When it comes to Ring Boy’s lawsuit against WWE, McMahon and his wife, US Secretary of Education Linda McMahonClaiming they did nothing to stop the sexual harassment of ring boys by WWE employees in the 1980s, it looks like lightning won’t strike a third time. POST Wrestling: reports that federal judge James K. Bredar denied a motion by WWE and McMahon to dismiss the lawsuit earlier Monday.
WWE and McMahon’s argued that the lawsuit should be dismissed because the Maryland law under which the case was filed, the Child Victims Act, violates the US Constitution. The law was originally passed in 2023 and was upheld by the Maryland Supreme Court in 2025, although they did not rule on whether it was constitutional. Instead, Bredar made the decision himself, holding that “the law is constitutional as applied to the case.”
As a result of Bredar’s ruling, the lawsuit will continue and will now move into the discovery phase, with a teleconference scheduled for Nov. 17 to determine when evidence will be available and when depositions can take place. The trial date is still months away, however, and could be delayed or even postponed if the defendants and plaintiffs reach a settlement, or if WWE and the McMahons decide to appeal Bredar’s ruling to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. Neither WWE nor the McMahons have made a statement at the time of the report, and it’s unclear if they plan to appeal the ruling.
