The Michael Elgin situation took a turn this week when he filed a lawsuit against “Moses Malone” (Twitter handle), the woman who accused Elgin of allegedly covering up a sexual assault against her by one of his former students, then spent the past few months releasing DMs from him to her and other people that put Elgin in a bad light, bad mouthing and trash talking her (as well as her claims) as well as disparaging remarks about his then NJPW World Tag League partner Jeff Cobb. On February 15, PWPonderings received a statement from Elgin’s lawyer confirming that the lawsuit was currently in motion.
Michael Elgin has filed suit against an individual who has defamed him and
wrongfully invaded his privacy, according to the petition filed in the Warren County, Missouri, Circuit Court on February 9th. Elgin, whose legal name is Aaron Frobel, has sued a wrestling fan who uses the name “Moses Malone” on Twitter, claiming that she has lied about the nature of their relationship, falsely stated that he is “abusive” and a “predator,” and falsely stated that he engaged in a “cover-up” of a sexual assault. The lawsuit also alleges that Malone, whose real name is XXXXXX (real name removed by LWOPW), has placed him in a false light by wrongly associating his name with men who sexually assault women and in opposition to the “Me Too” movement, and publicly disclosed private facts.
“It is really unfortunate it has come to this,” said Elgin’s lawyer, Steven Kratky. “Some claims Ms. XXXXX is making about my client are flat-out lies and misleading falsehoods. Mike really struggled with this decision, but ultimately realized that he had no other choice to conclusively establish the truth and clear his name,” he continued. Kratky went on to say that all other attempts to set the record straight had failed, and that his client is not motivated by money. “Look, Mike is only suing to establish the truth: that he is not an abuser, did not abuse Ms. XXXXX, and did not cover-up a sexual assault,” Kratky said. “The only way to properly do that is through the judicial process, and Mike looks forward to that and putting this whole sad business behind him.”
This all happened while another incident occured this week surrounding Elgin’s alleged actions, when Powerbomb.tv parted ways with co-founder Adam Lash following internal issues over whether to air an upcoming IWA Mid South event that featured Michael Elgin on the card. Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com did a thorough job on covering those events recently. It also comes days after it was reported that Michael Elgin had signed a new 2-year contract with NJPW.
It took another spin tonight at the AAW Showdown event, when Michael Elgin was an unannounced special guest on the card, that is being headlined by Sami Callihan vs. NJPW star Tetsuya Naito. Twitter exploded when it was revealed and by all accounts, the crowd turned loud and volatile against Elgin upon his appearance, chanting “F**k Big Mike”. According to some eye witness accounts, portions of the audience turned their back to the match that Elgin took part in, a loss to Myron Reed.
Yikes Michael Elgin is back #AAWShowdown pic.twitter.com/XH0oEt9jW1
— Ryan Rooney (@VivaLaRooney) February 18, 2018
https://twitter.com/ppppodtweets/status/965054203591888897
https://twitter.com/ATVS_JakeNazar/status/965057736613466113
https://twitter.com/NotThatTomGreen/status/965065106475438080
Half the crowd has their back turned right now. As they should #AAWShowdown
— “Dad Mode” Neil Karels (@Nel_Nellington) February 18, 2018
https://twitter.com/johngregoryx/status/965055897444737024
https://twitter.com/pw_dotcom/status/965055754892955649
