Kelly Klein files a lawsuit against ROH and parent company Sinclair Broadcast Group
February 26, 2021
By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor (@prowrestlingnet)
Former Women of Honor Champion Kelly Klein filed an Employment Discrimination lawsuit against Ring of Honor and parent company Sinclair Broadcast Group. Klein’s complaints include breach of implied contract, unpaid royalties, violation of State and Federal Equal Pay Acts, discrimination and harassment, and an unsafe work environment.
Klein listed ROH COO Joe Koff, ROH GM Greg Gilliland, booker Hunter Johnston, and wrestler Jay Lethal (Jamar Shipman) in the lawsuit, which can be read at HeelByNature.com.
Powell’s POV: Klein provided details regarding a concussion she suffered in an ROH ring and the way it was handled by company management. She also took issue with female wrestlers being paid less than male wrestlers. Klein stated in the lawsuit that she was made to feel uncomfortable by Lethal in 2017 while they
ROH Executive Confirms Scrapped Plans For Live Weekly ROH TV Show Earlier This Year
On a recent episode of
The Wrestling Inc. Daily podcast, ROH Director of Operations Gary Juster was on to chat with Wrestling Inc. Managing Editor Nick Hausman about his career in the business as well as today’s ROH. Juster noted on the podcast that he had worked with WCW from the beginning all the way until the company’s end. He discussed his post-WCW career saying that he did not work at WWE, but he did work at other places.
“I never worked at WWE or WWF. When WCW closed, I did some lucha libre shows,” Juster revealed. “In fact, one time, we held the record, I think, for the biggest indie show at the Gwinnett Arena in Duluth, Georgia. We had El Hijo El Santo, La Parka and a bunch of others. We did about 4,000 people. That was our first show, and that was our best show.