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WWE News: Linda McMahon's campaign opponents allege illegal activity by McMahon and WWE Nov 2, 2009 - 11:12:22 AM
The Connecticut Democratic party filed a formal complaint against WWE and former CEO Linda McMahon today. The party is alleging illegal activity when WWE executives provided an "in-kind campaign contribution" by having videos removed from YouTube that cast McMahon's Senate campaign in a negative light.
The formal complaint was filed after the controversy from two weeks ago when Democrats sent emails to newspapers and potential voters with links to videos of WWE content that was in poor taste over the years. The party was attempting to discredit McMahon's Senate campaign by suggesting she approved of distasteful content on WWE TV as company CEO.
Some of the videos included the infamous scene of Triple H simulating sex with Katie Vick's corpse in a storyline. WWE officials immediately had the videos removed from YouTube and claimed they were protecting their content from piracy.
The Connecticut Democrats responded today with a formal complaint citing that there are still "500,000" WWE videos online that have not been taken down. The party alleges Linda McMahon's campaign violated federal law when her former company came to McMahon's aid.
"WWE has selectively enforced its rights only insofar as they benefit Ms. McMahon's candidacy. The facts demonstrate that WWE made expenditures in connection with an election, in clear violation of FECA," the complaint charges. "WWE expended its corporate resources - including the time of Mr. Zimmerman and other corporate personnel, and its attorneys - all used in the service of Ms. McMahon's campaign to force YouTube to remove only the videos that reflected poorly on Ms. McMahon, while ignoring the multitude of other WWE-owned material still hosted on YouTube."
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