ASSOCIATED PRESS HAS PICKED UP THE McMAHON GROPING INCIDENT
- 02/03/2006 (1:59:51 pm)
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Two more articles on the alleged groping of woman at Tanning Salon. Now it has hit the Associated Press. Couldn't have come at a worse time, with WWE going into full swing for WrestleMania 22.
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Woman Accuses Wrestling Star Vince McMahon Of Groping
No Charges Have Been Filed
POSTED: 9:01 am EST February 3, 2006
BOCA RATON, Fla. -- A tanning salon employee told police that TV wrestling personality Vince McMahon allegedly tried to kiss and grope her after showing her nude photos of himself on his camera phone.
Police said they want to talk to McMahon about the alleged incident at Tanzabar Tanning Salon Saturday. No charges have been filed.
McMahon's attorney, Jerry McDevitt, did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment Thursday.
A customer who also encountered the 60-year-old McMahon at the salon that day told The Boca Raton News that he was "nothing but a gentleman" and that she did not see him make advances on the employee.
But according to a police report, McMahon allegedly showed the 22-year-old woman employee nude and seminude photos of himself on his camera phone. He also allegedly followed her into one of the tanning rooms and tried to kiss and grope her, the report said. She rejected his advances and left the room.
The woman said she waited until Sunday to report the incident after consulting her parents. She told police she wants to prosecute.
McMahon is best known as the owner of World Wrestling Entertainment who also appears as a character.
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WWE chief accused of groping Boca tanning salon worker
Published Friday, February 3, 2006
by Dale King
The chief executive of World Wrestling Entertainment could face assault charges for allegedly groping a Boca Raton
A clerk at the Tanzabar Salon on North Federal Highway
The report said the 22-year-old woman pushed him away, "rejected his advances" and "walked out of the tanning room."
Before using the tanning bed, the report said, McMahon asked the clerk to take several pictures of himself with his camera phone to send to his girlfriend. Then, the report said, he showed her nude and semi-nude photos of himself.
After the incident, she said, McMahon - who listed an address on South Ocean Boulevard Boca Raton
Police did not take McMahon into custody. They took a sworn statement from the clerk, which will be submitted into evidence. Police said they will have to speak with McMahon about the incident.
His attorney reportedly said the suspect could not have been McMahon because he was out of town on Sunday.
No charges have yet been filed against McMahon, police said.
According to his biography on the Internet, McMahon started in the wrestling business when his father, Vincent McMahon Sr., hired his son as an announcer. He went on to manage the World Wrestling Federation after his father retired in 1982.
The wrestling boss has had tussles with the law before. In 1992, his biography says, he was accused of supplying wrestlers with steroids. Although he was acquitted, the trial forced McMahon into a two-year wrestling hiatus.
He is also reportedly seeking a divorce from his wife, Linda.
Dale M. King can be reached at 561-549-0832 or at [email protected]
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