https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/vince-mcmahon-wwe-sued-by-ex-writer-over-racist-scene-scripts
More bullet points from the lawsuit:
Ms. Sylvers & Plaintiff (the only black writers on the team, at the time) were tasked to pitch a love storyline between wrestlers Aaliyah, Mansoor & Angel Garza. Ms. Sylvers and Plaintiff pitched that Mansoor has a secret that he’s keeping from Aaliyah. Ryan Callahan (involved in lawsuit) disagreed with the secret Ms. Sylvers and Plaintiff wanted for the character. Instead, Callahan suggested, “how about his secret is he's behind the 9/11 attacks?”
WWE forced wrestler Apollo Crews to speak with a Nigerian accent, just because of his Nigerian lineage. Plaintiff emailed Ryan Callahan and complained about the offensive nature of the requirement for Apollo Crews to speak with a stereotypical and exaggerated Nigerian accent. However, despite Plaintiff’s complaint, Callahan failed and/or refused to take corrective action and as a result Callahan and WWE forced Plaintiff to require Apollo Crews to speak with a racially artificial Nigerian accent.
It was discussed in the WWE writer’s Slack channel (app) before a show, that a new wrestler, Reggie, would dress in drag complete with wig and tights, “so he could partner with Carmella, a female wrestler, in a tag-team match against other female wrestlers.”
Ryan Callahan who’s name has been involved with a lot of the daunting details in the current lawsuit is, as of today, the Vice President of WWE #SmackDown. Callahan Previously was fired as RAW’s lead writer in 2019 after reportedly being classed as ‘too difficult to work with’.