The Official Women Of Wrestling (OWOW) Sable/Rena Mero Files Lawsuit #1

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) -- Pro wrestling champion Sable is suing the World Wrestling Federation for $110 million, complaining it wanted her to participate in a lesbian storyline, expose her breasts on TV and appear in sexually degrading photos.

The lawsuit, filed Thursday in federal court, charges that professional wrestling has become increasingly ``obscene, titillating, vulgar and unsafe.''

Known for her waist-length hair and scanty outfits, Sable, whose real name is Rena Mero, said the WWF stripped her of her championship belt by scripting her defeat in a televised ``Monday Night Raw'' match three weeks ago.

Her downfall, she claims, came after she repeatedly refused to have her gown torn off on national television, exposing her breasts.

``I am surprised by all of the actions,'' said Ed Kaufman, a senior vice president and general counsel for Stamford-based Titan Sports, the parent company of the WWF. He said Titan Sports has been in contact with Mrs. Mero's lawyer in an attempt to resolve the dispute.

During her nearly three years with the WWF, Mrs. Mero went from valet for her real-life wrestling husband, Marc Mero, to the WWF women's champion. She recently was featured on a Playboy cover and in a photo spread, and has been getting guest roles on television.

In an upcoming TV Guide cover story, she said there is a difference between posing for Playboy and exposing herself on television.

``In the middle of a wrestling arena where they're serving alcohol and there are screaming fans -- including children -- in the front row, I don't feel like that is the proper place to be exposed,'' she said. ``Posing for Playboy for me was a classy and tasteful thing to do.''

The lawsuit claims negligence, breach of contract, unfair trade practices and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

Reported by: Kirk Huffman on June 04, 1999

** As of yesterday, Rena Mero (Sable) quit the World Wrestling Federation. She has filed a lawsuit against the WWF for $100 Million dollars. The lawsuit, which was filed in Bridgeport Connecticut is attested to certain situations, encounters and contractual disputes that she was having while in the WWF. Her contract stated that when she leaves the WWF, she cannot go by the name Sable anymore, and prohibits her to leave the WWF for WCW.

There are a few key instances that Sable brought up in her lawsuit to the WWF. One of the instances that she mentioned in the lawsuit, was that she found human feces in her gym bag, backstage after a show. Many pranks are played on each other among wrestlers, but Sable felt that this was a personal attack, because it was well known of her problems backstage. Also, in the lobby at Titan Towers there is a large picture of Sable with the WWF's Womens title. Someone vandalized the picture by drawing a beard and mustache on her. Sable was outraged at those two instances and she felt that no action is ever taken when something happens involving her. Part of the contractual dispute, was that Sable's match with Debra for the Woman's title, didn't go exactly as planned. Sable was initially going to lose the title, because Debra would strip her. During the match Debra was going to "Accidentally" rip Sable's bra off, revealing her chest on TV. Sable refused to do it, and sited that the WWF scripts these accidents where women's clothes are ripped off.

The initial decision to release Sable of her contact was before May 23rds Over the Edge PPV. Sable was not at the Raw that was tributed to Owen Hart, and mentions of her were not heard the next week on Raw. Graphics of her on the intros to Raw and Heat have been replaced.

Thanks to Dave Meltzer And The Hawk

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