Child Dies Following ‘Wrestling’ Moves, WWE Issues Statement

A thirteen year old boy from New Orleans has been charged with second-degree murder after his five year old half-sister was found dead. The boy told police he struck her with wrestling moves he saw on television.

“The 13-year-old reported he started to wrestle with the victim and practiced ‘WWE’ style wrestling moves on the 5-year-old,” Col. John Fortunato of the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office said in a news release Tuesday. The ‘moves’ allegedly included repeatedly slamming the girl on a bad, punching her in the stomach, jumping on her and striking her with his elbow. A coroner’s investigation found the girl died of multiple injuries, including broken ribs, lacerations of the liver and internal bleeding.

WWE have issued the following statement in response to the incident.

The death of Viloude Louis is a tragedy, and our condolences go out to her family.

WWE urges restraint in reporting this unfortunate incident as if it were the result of a WWE wrestling move. As in similar cases, criminal intent to harm and a lack of parental supervision have been the factors resulting in a tragic death.

Authorities have already charged the accused with second degree murder and determined that this was not an accidental death due to a wrestling move.

Regards,

Adam Hopkins

Director, Public Relations/Corporate Communications