***The following article includes descriptions of sexual assault***
Details regarding the investigation into claims of sexual assault which were by Ashley Massaro have been released.
Following Massaro’s death on May 16, 2019, lawyer Konstantine Kyros published an affidavit from Massaro, which included allegations she had been drugged and assaulted by someone who claimed to be a United States Army doctor during WWE’s tour of Kuwait. WWE had later denied knowledge of Massaro’s claims. The legal representation for now former Executive John Laurinaitis has since refuted these claims.
The United States Naval Criminal Service launched an investigation into the allegations back in June 2019. The investigation was officially closed back on January 27, 2020, when it was determined all the leads had been exhausted and that is they were able to be determine as to where the alleged crime took place.
The report by the Naval has recently been made available via a Freedom of Information request which was made by Wrestling-Online.com.
The full report from the Navel Criminal Investigation Service (NCIS) report has been published and can be read at Scribd.com.
The portion as it pertains to the investigation being closed (per the report), reads as follows:
The incident involved deceased civilian World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) personality Ashley MASSARO. As background, in an affidavit signed prior to her death pertaining to her lawsuit against the WWE, MASSARO claimed that while on a USO tour to Kuwait in “2007”, she was taken to a medical facility to be treated for dehydration and/or and was subsequently “raped” and “sodomized” by an individual she believed to be an active duty military physician while an unknown female stood guard. AFOSI and US Army Criminal Investigation Division (USACID) conducted initial inquiries into the allegations and provided results of their investigation to NCIS. An interview of MASSARO’s attending physician was conducted. An unsuccessful attempt to locate the alleged crime scene was conducted. All logical investigative leads have been exhausted. To date, no subject, scene, or witnesses have been identified. The reported victim is deceased, and no prosecutorial venue exists within the NCISRU Corpus Christi, TX area of responsibility. This case is closed.
The report further indicates that Massaro was treated at Camp Life Support Area in Kuwait. However, attempts made by NCIS to determine the exact location of the camp could not be determined. Massaro’s affidavit claims the assault took place in 2007 but records relating to the case state it took place in 2006.
The physician’s assistant who attended to Massaro back on July 2, 2006 was interviewed in 2019 as part of the investigation. The assistant, whose name was redacted, noted Massaro came in complaining of abdominal and pelvic pain. The physician’s assistant also noted that Massaro was accompanied by a man who “seemed to be acting skittish and strange.” It was said that the man was well-built and possibly had a mustache.
The physician assistant further noted that Massaro appeared to be drowsy when he first attended to her but “she was not falling asleep during conversation or slurring her words.” He also noted that there was someone else that expressed Massaro may have been high. The assistant further noted that he had “little experience with people on drugs or alcohol” so he was not sure.
Furthermore, according to the physician assistant, Massaro, who was said to have been lucid throughout, agreed to a pelvic exam that was conducted with a female Corpsman in the room. The assistant then noted that there was someone who did bang on the door to check on Massaro while he was attending to her, which is consistent with the claims made by Massaro in her affidavit. It was further stated that the exam had to be stopped briefly so Massaro could answer back, in which she said that everything was fine.
The physician assistant also reported that Massaro did not seem upset, was not crying, and there was nothing that led him to believe she had been sexually assaulted. He then further stated that he did not see Massaro leave the facility.
NCIS made attempts to speak with the Officer in Charge of the clinic where Massaro was treated. However, they said they wished not be interviewed.
Massaro’s death was by suicide. She was 39-years old at the time of her death.
The source for this report is F4WOnline.