According to an update from POST Wrestling, during the trial period of the ring boys lawsuit against the McMahons, WWE and TKO, the plaintiffs will be allowed to stay anonymous.
Maryland Federal Judge James K. Bredar rejected the push from Vince and Linda McMahon to have the ring boys names made public and thus the plaintiffs can still maintain using their “John Doe” pseudonyms. It was noted that this could change once the lawsuit actually goes to trial.
The ring boy scandal took place during the 1980s and 1990s, in which former ring WWF/E announcer Mel Phillips is accused of hiring teenagers as part of the ring crew and sexually abusing them. One of the plaintiffs is claims to have been abused by Pat Patterson. Phillips passed away in 2012 and Patterson passed away in 2020.