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has release an official statement on the offensive comments Lars Sullivan made
on social media years ago. Comments which included racist, homophobic, sexist,
and derogatory statements about fellow wrestlers back between 2007 and 2013.The
comments first surfaced in November of last year (and aborted his first push
with the company). Things died down but the troublesome controversy returned
again recently when WWE veteran and New Day member Big E publicly addressed them
via Twitter. Back in the public eye, the WWE released this official statement:
“WWE supports a culture of inclusion regardless of gender, race, religion or
sexual orientation, and we are committed to embracing all individuals as
demonstrated by the diversity of our employees, performers and fans worldwide.
Dylan Miley (aka Lars Sullivan) will be fined $100,000 and required to complete
sensitivity training for offensive commentary uncovered from his past. WWE will
also facilitate meetings for Dylan with community organizations to foster
further discussion around the power of social media and the impact of your
words.”
Time will tell if Lars paying a fine and completing sensitivity training will be
enough to get him over with segemnts of the WWE fanbase. As for whether or
not his push will continue remains to be seen.
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