BURSTA Maryland judge has paused a sexual abuse lawsuit against President-elect Trump's Education secretary nominee, Linda McMahon, as another case in the state could affect its outcome.
A federal judge has concluded another case before the Maryland Supreme Court that deals with the constitutionality of a state law that took away the statue of limitations for bringing civil lawsuits against sexual abuse cases.
McMahon, the former head of World Wrestling Entertainment, was named in a lawsuit in October accusing her of not doing enough to prevent credible allegations of sexual abuse of ring boys from one of her wrestling announcers. Also named were her husband, Vince McMahon, WWE and its parent company, TKO Group Holdings.
The case, brought by plaintiffs who were in their early teens back in the 1980s, says the boys were sexually abuse by announcer Melvin Phillips Jr., who died in 2012.
The individuals, who were not named, contend McMahon knew about the abuse and did little to stop it.
Her attorney said in a statement to CNN the lawsuit “is filled with scurrilous lies, exaggerations and misrepresentations regarding Linda McMahon.”
McMahon stayed with WWE until 2009 before she went into politics, including a failed Senate bid. In Trump’s first term, she served as the head of the Small Business Administration.