Joey Ryan Files Lawsuit Against His Accusers

Mike Johnson of PWInsider.com is reporting that Joey Ryan filed a second lawsuit against an additional 11 of his accusers. PWInsider.com obtained an excerpt from the lawsuit which reads as follows:

On information and belief, defendant did use other social media websites to write, and thereby publish, the defamatory statements described above and incorporated by reference herein.

Prior to publishing the defamatory statements, defendant was fully aware that Twitter and the other social media websites used to publish defendant’s defamatory statements described above and incorporated by reference herein had members and subscribers located worldwide and were connected to the professional wrestling industry, because defendant was a user, subscriber and account holder of Twitter and had Twitter handles and thus understood how Twitter and social media websites worked.

Prior to publishing the defamatory statements, defendant was fully aware that Twitter had a membership of approximately in excess of three hundred million persons and that by publishing the defamatory statements, the defamatory statements would be read by hundreds to thousands of Twitter’s membership, because defendant was a user, subscriber and account holder of Twitter and had Twitter handles and thus understood how Twitter and social media websites worked.

Prior to publishing the defamatory statements, defendant was fully aware that publishing the defamatory statements described above and incorporated by reference herein would reach the eyes and ears of at least hundreds to thousands of persons, and that after defendant did publish the defamatory statements described above and incorporated by reference herein that the published defamatory statements did reach the eyes and ears of at least hundreds to thousands of persons, because defendant was a user, subscriber and account holder of Twitter and had Twitter handles and thus understood how Twitter and social media websites worked.

Defendant published the defamatory statements described above and incorporated by reference herein fully aware that Plaintiff lived in Los Angeles, California and that Plaintiff was a professional wrestler and promotor (sic) in the state of California. Defendant was fully aware that Plaintiff was a principal of Bar Wrestling and that Bar Wrestling promoted wrestling matches in bars in Los Angeles, California.

Defendant was fully aware that Defendant’s defamatory statements described above and incorporated by reference herein would cause a negative effect on Plaintiff as a professional wrestler and wrestling promotor, i.e., defendant intended that the defamatory statements would prevent Plaintiff from practicing as a professional wrestler and further wrestling promotions. In addition, defendant was fully aware that because of the defamatory statements, Plaintiff’s reputation would be damaged in the community in California and the virtual community located in the worldwide-web that were related to Plaintiff’s as a professional wrestler and wrestling promotor.

It was, is, and has always been, untrue, and false, that (1) Plaintiff assaulted defendant; (2) Plaintiff committed a sexual battery on defendant; (3) Plaintiff committed (1) and (2) in a manner that would be considered a felony;(4) defendant engaged in sexual acts with Plaintiff without Defendant’s consent; and/or (5) defendant was forced by Plaintiff to engage in sexual acts with Plaintiff, forced meaning the use of fear, threat and intimidation.

Defendant’s defamatory statements were not privileged and Plaintiff did not consent to the publication of the defamatory statements. Plaintiff, in fact, implored defendant to stop the publication of the defamatory statements. Defendant responded by repeating more statements that (1) Plaintiff assaulted defendant; (2) Plaintiff committed a sexual battery on defendant; (3) Plaintiff committed (1) and (2) in a manner that would be considered a felony;(4) defendant engaged in sexual acts with Plaintiff without Defendant’s consent; and/or (5) defendant was forced by Plaintiff to engage in sexual acts with Plaintiff, forced meaning the use of fear, threat and intimidation.

Prior to publishing the defamatory statements, defendant knew and otherwise were fully aware that the defamatory statements were not true.

Prior to publishing the defamatory statements, defendant acted in reckless disregard for the truth in the defamatory statements by not conducting any diligence, inquiry and investigation as to whether or not the defamatory statements were true or false.

Prior to publishing the defamatory statements, defendant failed to use reasonable care to determine the truth or falsity in the defamatory statements by not conducting reasonable diligence, inquiry and investigation as to whether or not the defamatory statements were true or false.

The hundreds to thousands of person who did read defendant’s defamatory statements on Twitter and other social media websites understood the defamatory statements to be of and concerning Plaintiff and were understood by the hundreds to thousands of persons to mean that (1) Plaintiff assaulted defendant; (2) Plaintiff committed a sexual battery on defendant; (3) Plaintiff committed (1) and (2) in a manner that would be considered a felony;(4) defendant engaged in sexual acts with Plaintiff without Defendant’s consent; and/or (5) defendant was forced by Plaintiff to engage in sexual acts with Plaintiff, forced meaning the use of fear, threat and intimidation.

Because of the facts and circumstances that were known to the hundreds to thousands of readers of the defamatory statements, including that Plaintiff was a professional wrestler and wrestling promotor in California, (1)The defamatory statements tended to injure Plaintiff as a professional wrestler and wrestling promotor, and otherwise injure Plaintiff whether or not as a professional wrestler and wrestling promotor; (2)The defamatory statements exposed Plaintiff to hatred, contempt, ridicule, and shame by (1) persons residing in California; (2) persons involved and interested in professional wrestling and wrestling promotions; and (4) those persons using the world-wide-web interested in Plaintiff, professional wrestling and wrestling promotions; and (3)The defamatory statements discouraged others from associating or dealing with Plaintiff.

Ryan is seeking $25,000 dollars for economic damages and $25,000 dollars for non-economic damages against each defendant. Ryan requested a jury trial and it was also requested that "an injunction ordering to retract the defamatory statements and to take the defamatory statements down from the websites in which the statements were made and published; specifically defendant should retract and take down any, and all, defamatory statements made and published by defendant that (1) Plaintiff assaulted defendant; (2) Plaintiff committed a sexual battery on defendant; (3) Plaintiff committed (1) and (2) in a manner that would be considered a felony;(4) defendant engaged in sexual acts with Plaintiff without Defendant’s consent; and/or (5) defendant was forced by Plaintiff to engage in sexual acts with Plaintiff, forced meaning the use of fear, threat and intimidation; and any iteration of such statements."

So per these documents he was supposedly making 20,000 a month since that's what he's seeking for damages caused for his booking.

Now I know Joey was getting some money from the YouPorn partnership, I have a very hard time believing that he was raking in at the 20K a month from everything though that just sounds nuts

Joey Ryan is not making any friends lately & this is also not going to do him any favors:


According to PWInsider, former Impact talent and internet wrestling sensation Joey Ryan has reportedly filed a lawsuit for $10 million against Anthem Sports & Entertainment, Impact’s parent company, in September for breach of contract.


Ryan’s contract would have seen him signed with Impact Wrestling until August 2021 but his deal was terminated as of June 22nd in the wake of the ‘Speaking Out’ movement after having multiple accusations of sexual assault and abuse directed his way.

Anthem have been given until October 24th to respond to the lawsuit. Ryan put out a statement at the time of the movement stating that the accusations should not impact him (no pun intended) as they were from before his signing with Impact Wrestling.

And because Joey hasn't made enough enemies in the past few months. You can add some guy on Twitter to the list of the people Joey Ryan is now suing, he's seeking 15 Million from this guy:

oey Ryan is once again filing another lawsuit, this time it is against an individual in Pennsylvania, citing several claims, including emotional distress, false light, and intentional interference with prospective economic advance.

The latest 63-page lawsuit cites a number of statements that this person made against Joey on social media at the beginning of the speaking out movement, which Joey Ryan believes falsely linked him to the social media movement. Specifically, the filing includes a tweet from July, which claims that Joey raped somebody that the defendant knew.

“The statement is meant to have greater impact because it is a statement of another person vouching for the credibility of the rape accusation. It is a false statement that Plaintiff committed the crime of rape upon any person in any way shape or form,” the lawsuit claims.

The filing includes a total of 26 statements made by the Pennsylvania man. Joey Ryan aka Joseph Meehan, states this has caused him to be shamed, ridiculed, and hated. In addition, he is ordering that the defendant stop publishing declamatory statements, retract previous statements, and direct any websites to also delete defamatory statements. Joey is seeking over 15 million dollars in damages and such as with the other lawsuits he filed, Joey is demanding a trial by jury.

Well "You'll never work in this town again" went to "You'll never work." Seriously who the hell will hire him?

It looks like the guy being sued is former ROH worker Pelle Primeau.

His only endgame with any of this is for these people to get intimidated by being sued, and maybe retract their allegations. Which, if they're all true they need do nothing. If he tries to sue them, and what they said was true. He'll get jack shit, and he'll lose even more money trying to sue.