During a recent appearance on “Piers Morgan Uncensored,” Charly Arnolt (Charly Caruso) revealed that she observed multiple instances of inappropriate conduct during her time in WWE, even though she did not report them then.
Arnolt pointed out that her interactions with Vince McMahon were limited.
McMahon is currently facing a civil lawsuit from former WWE employee Janel Grant, who has made allegations of sexual misconduct and sexual trafficking. This lawsuit is on hold while a federal investigation into McMahon is ongoing.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On inappropriate behavior in WWE: “What I’ve always said is, if you do not have a thick skin, you do not belong working in the WWE. Were there many instances where I probably could have gone to HR over something small or even something that probably had a little bit more oomph to it? Yes. Was I the person to do that? No. Now I’m not saying that I was, you know, mistreated in any certain sort of way, but there were definitely things that went on at WWE that if an outsider were to get a glimpse on the inside, they would say, ‘What is going on here? How are people working in these specific conditions?’ But it’s just one of those things that you kind of went with when you were working with the WWE. I’m interviewing men who were wearing nothing but like tiny little Speedos on, so it’s kind of like the job.”
On working with McMahon: “From my perspective, I didn’t always get such a clear look at who Vince McMahon was, I didn’t have to be in the writer meetings, like a lot of people did. I basically would show up to work, be given a script [and told to] say, ‘This is what you’re doing.’ And I would generally communicate with other people on the writing staff, my bosses, which mainly included Michael Cole. But what I will say is that even in my position, where I wasn’t interacting with Vince on a regular basis, I think, like everybody else, I always aspired to get validation from Vince McMahon because when you did cross paths with him in the back of, you know, the arena or in the hallway, if he would say something to you, it would mean something — even a simple ‘hello’ because Vince, a lot of times, wouldn’t even address you. And if he would address you, it means he either found you were doing something correctly or he liked how you were going about things, and especially when you got a ‘good job’.”
