THE VINCE MCMAHON SETTLEMENT (Bodyslam Briefs 1.10.25)
WRESTLING SOUP
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4.4 • 746 Ratings
🗓️ 10 January 2025
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Bodyslam Briefs, Jeff Lippman, also known as Evil Dos, delves into the latest developments in the Vince McMahon case, including the SEC's settlement and the resultant fines. Jeff provides insights into the broader implications of the investigation and discusses updates on various wrestling lawsuits, including the Grant case and motions to move specific cases to arbitration. For a comprehensive look at the intricate legal landscape surrounding wrestling, tune into this detailed discussion.
00:00 Introduction and Host Background
01:05 Vince McMahon's Legal Update
04:20 Grant Case Developments
06:22 Conclusion and Contact Information
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome everyone to another edition of the Body Slam Briefs. |
| 0:16.0 | This is Jeff Lippman, known as Evil Dose, the resident in-house counsel for the Wrestling |
| 0:21.7 | Soup Network, and the host of Under the Hammerlark Hangover, Banner, The Watchman, |
| 0:29.0 | at least a co-host of that, all two episodes, and the Garden of Doom shows, |
| 0:33.7 | including Garden of Doom Garden Views, and GOD presents the book of Black, which features |
| 0:38.3 | myself in PJ Black, who some of you might know is Justin Gabriel. |
| 0:43.3 | Mr. Thomas has been the guest and the guest co-host, now twice, and we hope to have some |
| 0:49.3 | others in the future. |
| 0:50.3 | Anyway, I did a Body Slam briefs about two weeks ago, and I think Mish didn't release it yet, which is fine. |
| 0:58.5 | The date of this recording, by the way, is January 10th. |
| 1:01.7 | So it's actually fine if they drop like back to back or even, yeah, back to back or closely together, because one follows on the other pretty well. |
| 1:11.5 | Number one, anybody who listened to any of the prior body slam briefs or some other |
| 1:15.9 | conversations involving the Vince McMahon stuff with the federal investigations, you knew |
| 1:22.2 | what I was saying all along that it was probably securities violations. |
| 1:26.7 | And that's what happened today. There was |
| 1:28.5 | announcement that the SEC, not the DOJ, settled with Vince McMahon for a fine, I think it's |
| 1:35.9 | $400,000 and that he had to repay $1.3 million, something like that. But, you know, no charges were filed. A statement from |
| 1:48.1 | Vince McMahon indicated that this ends three years of his life where he's been investigated by |
| 1:52.0 | various government agencies. So while the Department of Justice didn't issue an affirmative statement |
| 1:57.6 | saying that they're not going to charge him. They don't typically do that. They |
| 2:02.6 | just don't act. So here's the actual statement from Vince McMahon. The case is closed. Today ends |
| 2:09.6 | nearly three years of investigation by different government agencies. There has been a great deal |
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