Vince McMahon, the CEO of WWE, is being investigated by the company's board for agreeing to pay a secret $3 million settlement to a former employee he allegedly had an affair with, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
The separation agreement, which was reportedly made in January, prevents the former, unnamed employee"from discussing her relationship with Mr. McMahon or disparaging him," according to the Journal. The investigation began in April and has"unearthed other, older nondisclosure agreements involving claims by former female WWE employees of misconduct by Mr. McMahon," the Journal said.
The WWE did not immediately return CNN's request for comment on this story. Read MoreHowever, in a statement to the Journal, a company spokesperson said the WWE is cooperating with the investigation and that McMahon's relationship to the former employee was consensual.The Journal notes that WWE's board is made of up WWE executives and even members of McMahon's own family.
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