AEW Brought In Vince McMahon Accuser For 1 Year

The female WWE referee at the centre of rape allegations against Vince McMahon has revealed she was under contract with AEW.

Rita Chatterton went public with her rape allegation against Vince McMahon in 1992 after an incident that she says happened in a limo in 1986. Vince McMahon settled a multi-million dollar lawsuit in 2022 with Chatterton, claiming that he settled purely to avoid the cost of litigation.

Chatterton was not involved in the wrestling business for decades but it seems she’s been employed by a major wrestling organisation more recently than anyone realised, thanks to Tony Khan.

Tony Khan Contracted Rita Chatterton To AEW

Speaking on the Power & Glory The Podcast, Rita Chatterton revealed that she had been under contract with AEW for a year after Tony Khan sought to get in touch with her:

I turn around and I do this event for [International Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame President Seth Turner]. I get the Trailblazer Award. And, you know, it’s kind of like riding a Harley. It’s in your blood. And it started creeping back into my blood.

Well, a few weeks after that, Seth calls me and says, ‘Umm, Rita, there’s this guy that’s trying to get ahold of you. He wants your phone number.’ And I said, ‘Who’s that?’ And he says, ‘Well, his name is Tony Khan.’ [Chatterton responds] ‘Who the hell is Tony Khan? That doesn’t even sound right.’

He says, ‘No, Rita, you should probably take his call.’ And I say, ‘Why do I want to take his call?’ He says, ‘Well, he owns the Jacksonville Jaguars.’ [Chatterton responds] ‘Why the hell would anyone who owns the Jacksonville Jaguars want my phone number?’ He says, ‘Well, he also owns AEW Wrestling.’ [Chatterton responds] ‘Okay, so give him my phone number.’

So he gives him my number and I don’t hear anything. And a couple of weeks later, I get this phone call and I look and I don’t know the number. Then I get thinking about it, I say, ‘Let me call that number back.’ So I call it back, it’s Tony Khan. So Tony and I had a nice long talk, and I was under contract with him for a year. Very nice man. Gentleman. Very, very nice man.

It was noted that ‘Talent Scout’ was the title listed on Chatterton’s contract but she revealed she didn’t actually do any work for AEW:

You know what, I was under contract with [Khan] for a year and I did absolutely nothing. I did absolutely nothing [laughs]. But he wanted me under contract, so I was under contract with him.