Add it to the list. The wrestling world has been shaken up in a big way this week by the SpeakOut movement, which has caused a lot of wrestlers and wrestling personalities to face accusations of sexual misconduct. There have been a lot of people accused of some horrible and often illegal things, but one of the biggest parts of the situation is wondering how deep this situation can go. Another name was added this weekend.
The list of names spread around the world, but the majority of names have been from the United Kingdom. This has included several names who have wrestled for WWE’s NXT UK brand. These names are more prominent than others due to their employer, but there are some names in that group who are higher up than others. On Saturday, one of the biggest names yet was added to the list.
Over the weekend, a woman named Megan accused NXT UK star Trent Seven of trying to “hook up” with underage girls over WrestleMania weekend in Orlando, Florida in 2017. Megan alleges that Seven knew the girls were underage but sent them to the bar to get drinks with the intention of hooking up with them later that night, though the girls did not seem comfortable.
Megan intervened and got the drinks instead, in an attempt to get the girls out of the situation. She and Seven wound up sleeping together, with Seven later threatening to harm himself if Megan told anyone. Seven has denied the claims, calling them “untrue” and “a defamation of character” while saying he will be taking the matter further.
Later in the day however, one of the women involved made a series of posts on Twitter, saying that the story is not entirely accurate and that three of the four women involved were over eighteen and that Seven did not attempt to buy them drinks once he found out that three of them were under twenty one years old. The fourth friend was seventeen but was not around all night. The three of age women flirted with Seven throughout the night but there is no indication that anything illegal happened with him.
https://twitter.com/megfeds_/status/1274213643161350145
https://twitter.com/trentseven/status/1274380505534914560
So me, alongside two of my friends, were one of those “underage girls” (i’m nonbinary btw). This night was an interesting and wild night and upon reading this, we were flabbergasted. First, I’m so sorry, Megan, that you went through that with Trent and that you’re #SpeakingOut https://t.co/c8n9RivEoS
— bomboclaat chinese pikachu (@1970shorror) June 20, 2020
I know what that’s like and it’s shitty and I’m sending you love. However, I want to clear up our side of the story because our experience is not the situation that was stated below. This isn’t us defending Trent at all because fuck that man.
— bomboclaat chinese pikachu (@1970shorror) June 20, 2020
Me and my friends don’t feel comfortable about our story and narrative being vague and therefore changed. I don’t blame Megan for that though, she was also drunk that night and she came here to mostly tell her story. But again, since we are those girls involved we have a right
— bomboclaat chinese pikachu (@1970shorror) June 20, 2020
situate our story & our experience and not let it be a vague memory on wrestling twitter in the months to come. Me and the three friends who were mostly around Trent were NOT underage. Legally drinking wise, yes. But we were not under 18. I was 20, one was 19 & the other was 23
— bomboclaat chinese pikachu (@1970shorror) June 20, 2020
There was another friend who was around but wasn’t with us consistently (she was mostly involved w/ the shows that were going on and was just checking up on us) & she was 17, about to turn 18. None of us, besides the 23 yr old, were drunk. All of us were completely sober.
— bomboclaat chinese pikachu (@1970shorror) June 20, 2020
Our 23 y/o friend got us all one drink after we asked her to (she trusted us too & especially me; i’m jamaican so i was already a drinker since 18 is the legal age there lmfao. I remember me & Trent talking about how the USA drinking age is silly bc its 18 in the uk/jamaica)
— bomboclaat chinese pikachu (@1970shorror) June 20, 2020
My friend said only one drink for us tho bc she wanted to make sure that we were okay & also that she wasn’t being irresponsible. I didn’t even finish my drink, neither did my friends really. I do remember my friend, my 19 yr old friend gulped a good portion of hers & we were
— bomboclaat chinese pikachu (@1970shorror) June 20, 2020
trying to sip from Trents’ drinks but he wouldnt let us at all. I do think it’s funny she thought we looked young. Personally people have always thought me and my friends were older.
— bomboclaat chinese pikachu (@1970shorror) June 20, 2020
Actually, another friend who was 17 and left before these events truly played out, was there and Trent was like “hey! Buy me a drink!” and she said no, shes not even 21. He was shook and proceeded to ask any of us and we were like no, we’re under 21.
— bomboclaat chinese pikachu (@1970shorror) June 20, 2020
I asked him how old he thought we were & thought we were all in our mid to late 20s. My friend who was of age, was like aight i’ll get you some drinks. That was the only time Trent mentioned us buying drinks for him or for us. Even when he was like “get whatever you want!”
— bomboclaat chinese pikachu (@1970shorror) June 20, 2020
he didn’t hold that up because once he found out we weren’t 21 he was like umm, no. Although I do remember being like “um I’m cool dude i already drink” and him saying something along the lines of “this isn’t jamaica/uk” jokingly.
— bomboclaat chinese pikachu (@1970shorror) June 20, 2020
Me and my friends (besides the of age friend) were completely sober and we were hanging around Trent most of the night. He got drunker & drunker & we were like oh, okay lmfao. But it was all cool. We all talked and joked & me & my 19 yr old friend definitely had intentions
— bomboclaat chinese pikachu (@1970shorror) June 20, 2020
get w/ Trent. I hate to say that because it was so long ago & I hate that I have to openly state this. I came out as a lesbian last year, having to publicly be like yes, at one point I wanted to sleep with a man, is personally upsetting bc of my struggle of accepting my sexuality
— bomboclaat chinese pikachu (@1970shorror) June 20, 2020
But it’s true. Me and my friend were trying to get w/ Trent Seven. So we flirted. Where things were weird and creepy (aside from being in your 30s and flirting with a 19 and 20 yr old) is he did ask again how old we were and then proceeded to ask the group around us
— bomboclaat chinese pikachu (@1970shorror) June 20, 2020
(while my friend was hugging him) “What is the age of consent in America?” we all yelled at him all laughing like dude 18! And it was like oh wow, thats crazy! It is very creepy to be all over a 19 yr old most of the night, forget her age, then semi jokingly ask “is this legal?”
— bomboclaat chinese pikachu (@1970shorror) June 20, 2020
While legal, it’s still fucked up & gross & we can all agree on that. That’s apart of our night that we look back on be like “yikes!” & think about how that was messy as fuck. But we were not negatively impacted by it. Yes we were young, of course we’re like aye this is fun!
— bomboclaat chinese pikachu (@1970shorror) June 20, 2020
And not in a more “mature” headspace but as someone who has been taken advantage of sexually (and by older men), this is something that hasn’t carried a sense of pain, trauma or sadness. I know my friends agree and feel this way too.
— bomboclaat chinese pikachu (@1970shorror) June 20, 2020
It was a specific weekend. Check out some more positive moments from the weekend in question:
Opinion: I’m not sure what happened that weekend but if this story is true, it does not put Seven into the best light. It is another situation that will need to be investigated as it could go in a few different ways. Seven denied the accusations and there is not much else that he can do at the moment. As has been the case with almost everyone else involved in the SpeakOut moment, we have nothing to do but wait and see where this goes.
What have you thought of the SpeakOut movement? What can WWE do about the situation? Let us know in the comments below.
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