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Sara Lee, WWE ‘Tough Enough’ winner and former NXT wrestler, dead at 30

Sara Lee, a former WWE “Tough Enough” winner who performed on the company’s NXT brand for nearly a year, has died, her mother announced on social media. Lee was 30.

Lee’s mother, Terri, made the shocking revelation on her Facebook account.

“It is with heavy hearts we wanted to share that our Sara Weston has gone to be with Jesus,” Terri wrote. “We are all in shock and arrangements are not complete. We ask that you respectfully let our family mourn. We all need prayers especially Cory and her children.”

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WWE released a statement on Lee’s death late Thursday.

“WWE is saddened to learn of the passing of Sara Lee. As a former ‘Tough Enough’ winner, Lee served as an inspiration to many in the sports-entertainment world. WWE offers its heartfelt condolences to her family, friends and fans,” the company said.

Lee participated in the sixth season of WWE “Tough Enough” in 2015, which is a reality series run by the pro wrestling company to determine who would get a WWE contract. She won the event with Josh Bredl, who wrestled as Bronson Matthews.

Sara Lee was a WWE “Tough Enough” winner.
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The Hope Township, Michigan, native initially performed under the moniker “Hope” before changing back to her real name. She was assigned to NXT and trained at the WWE Performance Center before moving onto NXT. She performed on the brand until 2016 when she was released.

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She married wrestler Wesley Blake, whose real name is Cory Weston, in 2017.

Her cause of death wasn’t revealed.

The pro wrestling industry sent condolences to her family on social media.

A GoFundMe was started to help her family.

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“We’re all shocked and saddened by the sudden death of Tough Enough winner Sara Lee. As her loving husband, Cory, picks up the pieces and continues to raise their 3 children, the last thing anyone in that position wants to be worried about is money and paying for a funeral and everything else that comes along with it,” the GoFundMe reads. “The wrestling community has always been one to come together in the wake of tragedy and this is no different. Every penny raised from this will go directly to Cory and the kids. Thank you all in advance. RIP Sara, you were one of the good ones.”

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Ex-WWE wrestler Sara Lee dead at 30

Sara Lee, winner of Season 6 of WWE’s “Tough Enough” reality series, is dead at the age of 30, her mother announced Thursday.

“It is with heavy hearts we wanted to share that our Sara Weston has gone to be with Jesus,” Terri Lee wrote in a post on social media. “We are all in shock and arrangements are not complete. We ask that you respectfully let our family mourn.”

No cause of death was given.

Sara Lee, winner of 2015’s ‘Tough Enough’ died at the age of 30, her mother announced.
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Lee married fellow WWE wrestler Cory James Weston, who worked under the stage name Wesley Blake, in 2017. They shared two children, daughter Piper and son Brady.

On Tuesday, Lee posted to Instagram that she was recovering from a sinus infection.

“Celebrating finally being healthy enough to go to the gym 2 days in a row,” she wrote. “First ever sinus infection kicked my butt.”

Lee earned a one-year contract from the wrestling outfit after her 2015 performance, but was released in Sept. of 2016. She went on to wrestle on the independent circuit.

Fellow wrestler Bull James organized a GoFundMe for Lee’s family.

“We’re all shocked and saddened by the sudden death of Tough Enough winner Sara Lee,” James wrote on the fundraising page. “As her loving husband, Cory, picks up the pieces and continues to raise their 3 children, the last thing anyone in that position wants to be worried about is money and paying for a funeral and everything else that comes along with it.

“The wrestling community has always been one to come together in the wake of tragedy and this is no different. Every penny raised from this will go directly to Cory and the kids. Thank you all in advance. RIP Sara, you were one of the good ones.”



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Wrestler, Female Referee Speak Out On McMahon Rape Allegation

Vince McMahon interviewing Rita Chatterton on the professional wrestling talk show, Tuesday Night Titans.
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Amid news of misconduct and hush money payouts at the WWE, Rita Chatterton, the first female referee for the then-World Wrestling Federation, revisited her rape accusation against WWE CEO and chairperson Vince McMahon in an interview with New York Magazine.

McMahon has stepped back from his roles while the company’s board of directors conducts an investigation into his affair with another former-WWE employee, who was reportedly paid $3 million in a separation agreement barring her from disparaging either the company or the relationship with McMahon. The investigation is also looking into allegations of misconduct against both McMahon and WWE head of talent relations John Laurinaitis.

Chatterton’s accusation goes back much farther, however. She first accused McMahon of raping her in the summer of 1986 during a 1992 interview with Geraldo Rivera on his show Now It Can Be Told. During the interview, Chatterton alleged that McMahon propositioned her with sex during a private meeting to get a higher-paying WWF contract.

By then, the statute of limitations for rape had already run out, and charges were never filed.

McMahon hired Chatterton to the WWF to referee for his storyline where American singer Cyndi Lauper managed wrestler Wendi Richter. After she was hired, Chatterton told New York Magazine that her friend and former wrestler Leonard Inzitari, warned her to stay away from Vince.

“He could make me or break me, and if I didn’t satisfy him, I was black-balled, that was it,” Chatterton told Rivera in 1992. “I was done.”

Chatterton told New York Magazine that McMahon pretended not to know her when they both attended Andre The Giant’s funeral. McMahon and his wife would later file a lawsuit against Chatterton and Rivera for false rape accusations. They later dropped the charges as the WWE had its hands full with unrelated trials regarding child molestation, sexual harassment, and trafficking illegal performance-enhancing drugs.

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Today, McMahon and the WWE face new controversy as the misconduct probe continues. His daughter, Stephanie McMahon, is serving as the wrestling promotion’s interim CEO and chairperson while McMahon maintains creative control of ongoing WWE storylines.

The news of WWE’s internal investigation of McMahon led former wrestler Leonard Inzitari to corroborate Chatterton’s allegation against McMahon in the same New York Magazine report.

“Was she taken advantage of? Absolutely,” Inzitar told New York Magazine. “Was she scared to death? Absolutely. Did she wanna do that? Probably not.”

Both Inzitari and Chatterton told the publication they are not surprised by McMahon’s current investigation, and Chatterton added she is glad that allegations against him are being investigated.

“Now this girl’s come forward I’m sure others will come forward,” Chatterton told New York Magazine. “Because we’re not the only two. There’s not a doubt in my mind about that.”

   

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