Across the wrestling world we have seen numerous athletes and background staff being accused of sexual misconduct and assaults this week. Women are taking to Twitter as part of the #SpeakingOut movement to highlight their encounters.
Multiple wrestling promotions have had to make statements on the situation. One of the names involved in accusations is Jim Cornette. AKI Evolution took to Twitter to allege that Cornette and his wife were involved in grooming OVW talent. The thread goes into detail including young athletes being forced into performing sexual acts on his wife. Cornette would insist on watching for them to earn being booked on shows.
The full Twitter thread can be found here:
I made a very vague post yesterday about @TheJimCornette.
In the face of current events I feel the need to clarify and speak up.
During my first year in the business, his wife, Stacy, attempted to groom me. /1
— AKI Evolution (@AKI_Evolution) June 18, 2020
Cornette is clearly not taking the allegations seriously and has responded to the accusations in two separate Tweets:
Morning all–I know that my name has to be involved in everything because it gets attention, but I'm too busy running a pizza parlor from the basement of my pedophile ring to make any twitter goofs and their 700 fake accounts famous today.
— Jim Cornette (@TheJimCornette) June 19, 2020
Helpful hint: I have been told that when you're faking screenshots of something that "happened" years ago, you shouldn't use the person's profile picture that's only been up a week and a half. It's the little things, but that's for attorneys to discuss.
— Jim Cornette (@TheJimCornette) June 19, 2020
We must insist that these allegations have not been proven as of yet. We will make sure that all sides are heard. We will continue to keep you as updated as we can
