Former WWE boss Vince McMahon is cited for reckless driving in Connecticut crash
McMahon was cited for reckless driving and following too closely after last Thursday morning's crash on the Merritt Parkway in Westport, state police said in a report. No one was injured. He was released on a $500 bond and ordered to appear in Stamford Superior Court on Aug. 26.
Representatives for McMahon did not immediately return email messages on Wednesday.
TMZ first reported the crash on Tuesday and published photos taken by one of the people involved in the crash that showed heavy damage to the front end of McMahon's 2024 Bentley Continental GT Speed. The photos also showed rear-end damage to a BMW 430 he struck.
The police report said McMahon was driving northbound on the parkway, also known as Route 15, when he rear-ended the BMW and crashed into wooden guardrail. A car traveling in the southbound lanes struck debris from the crash that flew over the guardrail, state police said.
There were no passengers in the cars and all three drivers were wearing their seat belts, police said. The air bags in McMahon's car and the BMW deployed.
McMahon stepped down as WWE's CEO in 2022 amid a company investigation into sexual misconduct allegations. He also resigned as executive chairman of the board of directors of TKO Group Holdings, the parent company of WWE, last year, a day after a former WWE employee filed a sexual abuse lawsuit against him. McMahon has denied the allegations. The lawsuit remains pending.
McMahon bought what was then the World Wrestling Federation in 1982 and transformed it from a regional wrestling company into a worldwide phenomenon. Besides running the company with his wife, Linda, who is now the U.S. education secretary, he also performed at WWE events as himself.
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