WWE’s Vince McMahon body-slammed in $12M ‘hush money’ pay off

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WWE boss Vince McMahon is in a sexual harassment stranglehold that may be tougher to squirm out of than the Iron Shiek’s feared Camel Clutch.

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According to an explosive report in The Wall Street Journal, McMahon, 76, shelled out more than $12 million in “hush money” to four former female employees.

The newspaper said the women all signed non-disclosure agreements to keep it zipped over sexual misconduct.

“[The agreements] prohibit them from discussing potential legal claims against or their relationships with the 76-year-old executive,” the Journal said.

The payouts go back at least 16 years and include an eye-popping $7.5 million payout to a former WWE grappler who claimed McMahon coerced her into performing oral sex on him.

McMahon then reportedly demoted the wrestler and did not resign her when her contract ran out.

In addition, the Journal reports that McMahon — whose grandfather started the promotion’s precursor — paid out $1 million in 2008 to a former WWE contractor who sued him for sexual harassment. He also allegedly sent her unsolicited nude snapshots.

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A former manager also scored a $1 million payday after claiming McMahon initiated a sexual relationship with her.

The latest revelations come hot on the heels of a Journal report in June claiming McMahon made another $3 million payment to a former paralegal over an alleged consensual affair.

For the time being, the WWE has put McMahon on ice and is cooperating with the board in its probe of the wrestling heavyweight.

WWE said McMahon “voluntarily stepped back” from his role as CEO. Daughter Stephanie has been named as interim CEO and board chair during her father’s absence.

“I have pledged my complete cooperation to the investigation by the Special Committee, and I will do everything possible to support the investigation. I have also pledged to accept the findings and outcome of the investigation, whatever they are,” Vince McMahon said at the time.

Also under investigation for alleged misconduct is WWE executive John Laurinaitis who the newspaper claims had an affair with the same paralegal McMahon did.

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