In 1992 Tom Cole a former Ring Boy for the WWF went public with the allegations of sexual abuse against the WWF. Tom Cole started working with WWF in 1983 at the age of 13, Cole was a runaway from home and Tom alleged that Mel Phillips encouraged him to recruit other young boys from broken homes for work as ring boys.
Tom also alleged that Terry Joyal who was also known as Terry Garvin whilst wrestling had sexually harassed him twice when he was a teenager and Tom Cole rejected him twice, due to being rejected by Tom Cole, Terry Joyal out of spite told Mel Phillips not to offer Tom Cole a job as Terry Joyal was a supervisor for Mel Phillips backstage.
Tom Cole settled for $750,000 but he eventually aacquiesced for a settlement that would see him rehired by WWF with backpay. Terry Joyal and Mel Phillips careers were ended after the scandal, for more information there’s a link attached.
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In 1992 Tom Cole a former Ring Boy for the WWF went public with the allegations of sexual abuse against the WWF. Tom Cole started working with WWF in 1983 at the age of 13, Cole was a runaway from home and Tom alleged that Mel Phillips encouraged him to recruit other young boys from broken homes for work as ring boys.
Tom also alleged that Terry Joyal who was also known as Terry Garvin whilst wrestling had sexually harassed him twice when he was a teenager and Tom Cole rejected him twice, due to being rejected by Tom Cole, Terry Joyal out of spite told Mel Phillips not to offer Tom Cole a job as Terry Joyal was a supervisor for Mel Phillips backstage.
Tom Cole settled for $750,000 but he eventually aacquiesced for a settlement that would see him rehired by WWF with backpay. Terry Joyal and Mel Phillips careers were ended after the scandal, for more information there’s a link attached.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_boy_scandal