Posted May 3rd 2008 3:09PM by TMZ Staff

A prominent female WWE star has been named as an employee of an L.A. escort service that the FBI is probing.

The FBI confirms to TMZ that there's an investigation into the Bella Models escort service in California and Florida, but wouldn't confirm the WWE star's role. Rolling Stone says that, according to the Bureau, the WWE babe, Playboy and Maxim models, and porn stars were employed by Bella.

We've put in a call to the WWE, but haven't heard back.

UPDATE 4:45 ET: Not for nothin', but WWE Diva Ashley Massaro just put the following post on her MySpace page: "Just got buzzed on some BS that is going around. Dont [sic] believe it for a second. Getting in touch with my lawyer as we speak."

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