After news broke late last night that Jonathan Coachman was named in a sexual harassment lawsuit brought against both current and former ESPN employees, the newly signed WWE commentator took to Twitter to respond to the allegations.
Former ESPN employee Adrienne Lawrence filed a lawsuit on Monday in Connecticut’s United States District of Court alleging sexual discrimination and harassment against ESPN and named Coachman specifically in the lawsuit.
Coachman had the following to say on Twitter earlier this morning, claiming he is not part of the lawsuit despite his name being specifically noted in it.
I will address this only once because I am seething today. In 21 years of being a PROFESSIONAL I have never been more offended in my life. I my 9 years I can count on one hand the amount of times I interacted with anyone other than a co-anchor. To allow someone to spread vicious https://t.co/4NYsZjK2C6
— Jonathan Coachman (@TheCoachrules) March 6, 2018
Lies and flat out fabrications is not ok and it’s time someone stood up for themselves. @jemelehill addressed her lie last night. I am not a part of this lawsuit because I have never done anything wrong. My reputation speaks for itself and anyone that has ever worked with me https://t.co/4NYsZjK2C6
— Jonathan Coachman (@TheCoachrules) March 6, 2018
Will back that up. I am also offended that someone can dangerously throw peoples names into something for the clear attempt at getting headlines. This the only time I will address this because I am not a part of this lawsuit. My heart goes out to anyone falsely accused of https://t.co/4NYsZjK2C6
— Jonathan Coachman (@TheCoachrules) March 6, 2018
Anything. Trust me it doesn’t feel good. But most of you have been incredible and supportive. Onward and upward. https://t.co/4NYsZjK2C6
— Jonathan Coachman (@TheCoachrules) March 6, 2018
As reported last night, WWE issued the following statement regarding the matter:
“We take these matters very seriously and are investigating.”