Bloomberg Law has provided a new update on the ongoing shareholder lawsuit against WWE, in which lawyers for Vince McMahon state there is no gap in traceable communication to be concerned with despite the use of the program Signal, which is best known for the ability to delete messages instantly.
McMahon’s attorneys preserved data from his personal devices, even after they were seized by federal authorities investigating sexual misconduct allegations against him, she said. But Signal data sought by the investors wasn’t available for retrieval until after those devices were returned in October 2025.
The investors argue messages apparently missing from chats on Signal, an encrypted platform that can be set to have content disappear, could’ve been relevant to the litigation.
McMahon’s legal counsel claims the former WWE executive chair is a “prolific texter” with 22,000 messages from multiple platforms having already been provided for the case, with Eric Leon of Latham & Watkins LLP adding:
These parties negotiated this deal really the old fashioned way. They did it with dinners and lunches, and they did it over the phone, and we produced all of the phone records.
The judge has yet to rule on a motion filed by the plaintiffs in April, claiming “adverse inferences against Defendants related to Defendants’ spoliation of relevant Signal messages and other evidence.”
Source: F4WOnline