WWE’s first female referee, who claimed to have been raped by former chairman Vince McMahon in the 1980s, revealed new details in the case. Many fresh claims to wrestling bosses..
Rita Chatterton, who became a wrestling referee licensed in New York in 1984, accused McMahon of forcing herself in a limousine in an interview with Geraldo Rivera in 1992.
Her claim was made by former professional wrestler Leonard Ingitari. New York Magazine — This also delved into what led to the tragic encounter nearly 40 years ago.
“He promised me $ 500,000 a year,” she told Outlet in a Monday talk to McMahon’s extended contract offer over the phone following her then-WWF television debut in January 1985. Mentioned.
McMahon, The father started WWFShe called Chatterton and said she was “impressed” by her work and wanted to go “full-time”, but she was warned, she told New York Magazine.
According to Chatterton, “keep yourself clean,” he said.
“I don’t want to see you tinkering with any of the wrestlers. You keep it professional.”
Wrestling mogul also told Chatterton that she would be a shiny cover like Better Homes and Gardens and Time on Women’s Day, so she quit her job as a delivery driver at Frito-Lay and was full. I started pursuing wrestling in time. But when the young ref tried to follow up, her relationship deteriorated – and McMahon is said to have raped her in July 1986.
During an interview with New York Magazine, Chatterton refused to go into the details, but business longtime friend Ingitari confirmed her story for the first time since the allegations were filed.
“I remember like yesterday,” Ingitari told the outlet.
“She was a shipwreck. She was trembling. She was crying.”
Immediately after the incident, Ingitari, whose stage name was Mario Mancini, found Chatterton standing alone near the wrestling ring, and when she saw him, shed tears and said she was in a McMahon limousine. .. out. ”
“He pushed my head there for a moment, and let me know that I wasn’t interested in doing it,” Ingitari recalled Chatterton, who told him.
“So [McMahon] “Pulled me over him,” she told Ingitari, and immediately said, “He was inside her.”
Chatterton told the outlet that an attack had taken place after she asked McMahon to discuss her career, and he told her to meet her at a diner after the show.
Then Chatterton grew her career while sitting in a “big round table” with about 12 people, but McMahon told her to keep quiet, she told the outlet. ..
“”[He] Put your finger on your mouth shhh “Sign,” she recalled.
“When I come out of the women’s room, McMahon stands there … and he says,” It’s not their job, so I’ll tell you about your career in front of all these people. I don’t want to talk. ”
He suggested that the two go to another canteen on the street, but when she left the restaurant, McMahon said he was tired and asked to speak in his limousine.
“It only takes 10 minutes,” he said.
During an interview with Rivera, Chatterton claimed that McMahon had thawed his pants and raped her verbally.
“Vince went on, you know,” If you want a $ 500,000 deal, you’ll have to satisfy me, and this is the way things have to go. ” She said at the time.
“Vince grabbed my hand and kept trying to put my hand on him. I was scared. Finally, my wrists were all purple, black and blue. Things were just … he Just … God, he just didn’t stop. This man didn’t stop. “
Chatterton told Rivera that McMahon asked how her daughter would go to college and said, “Of course, she doesn’t have to go to college.”
“I was forced to have oral sex with Vince McMahon. When I couldn’t meet his desires, he was really angry and started stripping my jeans, pulling me over him, and If I wanted a $ 500,000 contract a year, I had to satisfy him. He could make or break me, and if I didn’t satisfy him, I was black, that was it, I’m done, “she told Rivera.
Talking to New York Magazine, Chatterton remembered what McMahon said after the attack was over.
“One of the things that sticks to me and always happens is that he looked at me after finishing work and said,” Do you remember telling me not to ruin the wrestler? You just did it, “she recalled.
Following the attack, Chatterton told New York Magazine that she went to the bathroom in the cafeteria and “screamed my heart” before she went home and took a “five-hour shower.”
She contacted the lawyer hoping to hold McMahon accountable, but eventually decided to oppose it.
“I didn’t take a shower and went to the hospital, so I knew it was my word for McMahon,” she said.
“I was scared … he was powerful. It was going to be him on top of me.”
When Chatterton first told Rivera in 1992, WWE was already in the midst of many scandals, and her claims were buried in the turmoil. Soon she left wrestling altogether and she became a youth counselor.
Earlier this month, McMahon was accused of paying millions of dollars of hash money to a female employee with whom he had a relationship. Leads to resignation from his role As CEO and Chairman of WWE.
The fresh claim urges Chatterton and Inzitari to speak after a long time.
“I’m sure others will come forward, because we’re not alone. There’s no doubt about that,” Chatterton told the outlet.
“When it comes to wrestling, I think I’m the first in many things … as far as I know, I was the first to raise the whole question of what he was.”
Ingitari, who has avoided talking negatively about McMahon in the past, agreed.
“I’ll tell you why I’m on the move right now,” he said.
“There is something worse than that.”
WWE did not return a request for comment.