Vince McMahon’s reboot of the XFL appeared as though it was going to be a fruitful endeavor. That was until, of course, the league had to completely shut down operations due to the Coronavirus. Despite promising to come back the following year, the XFL terminated all of its employees and then filed for bankruptcy. It was a shocking development to a story that looked as though it was actually going to be positive.

Now, McMahon is going to be in for yet another legal battle as former XFL Commissioner Oliver Luck is suing the WWE president for wrongful termination. As reported by Daniel Kaplan of the Athletic, Luck is looking to receive some of the money he missed out on due to his firing. Of course, Luck and his legal team feel as though this dismissal was unjust.

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“Despite fulfilling his obligations as Commissioner and CEO since May 30, 2018, Mr. Luck was wrongfully terminated by Alpha Entertainment LLC (“Alpha”), an affiliate of Defendant, on April 9, 2020,” the court documents read. “Thus, Alpha has repudiated Mr. Luck’s employment agreement. Mr. Luck brings this action for breach of contract and declaratory judgment against McMahon.”

This is a huge development in the XFL saga so stay tuned for updates as we will be sure to provide you with the latest information.

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Mariah Carey and her former assistant were unable to agree on a settlement in legal battle, in which Mariah has accused her ex-employee of attempting to blackmail her for $8 million using intimate videos taken without her permission. Mariah filed the lawsuit against her old assistant, Lianna Shakhnazaryan, last year, citing that Lianna had filmed her in a compromising position without her consent. She then alleged that Lianna tried to extort her out of $8 million by threatening to leak the tapes. Lianna fired back with her own lawsuit against Mariah, accusing her of wrongful termination. According to court documents, Mariah and Lianna were unable to settle their differences, after they each recently attended separate mediation dates in an attempt to work out some kind of compromise to avoid a court trial. Their lawyers informed the judge that “the parties were unable to resolve these matters,” and the two of them will now have to prepare to go to trial.

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In Mariah’s lawsuit, she explains that, after she hired Lianna as her assistant in 2015, the woman “turned out to be a grifter, a Peeping (Tom)asina and an extortionist.” She is seeking $5 million in damages. Lianna has denied any wrongdoing and has argued that any mental or emotional distress suffered by Mariah were the result of her own behaviour.