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Story summary
- U.S. District Judge James Bredar denied WWE and executives Vince McMahon and Linda McMahon’s motion to dismiss the sexual-abuse lawsuit.
- The case proceeds under Maryland’s 2023 law that removed seven-year statute of limitations for child sexual-abuse claims.
- Eight former ring boys allege announcer Melvin Phillips and two officials abused them in the 1980s and 1990s.
- Plaintiffs claim WWE and the McMahons were negligent in hiring and retention and seek damages.