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Please note the following includes descriptions of sexual assault
Details regarding the investigation into claims of sexual assault made by Ashley Massaro have been released.
Following her death in 2019, lawyer Konstantine Kyros published an affidavit from Massaro which included allegations she was drugged and assaulted by someone claiming to be a US Army doctor during a WWE tour of Kuwait. WWE later denied knowledge of Massaro's claims, something a lawyer representing John Laurinaitis has since refuted.
The United States Naval Criminal Service launched an investigation into the allegations in June 2019. The investigation was officially closed on January 27, 2020, when it was determined that all leads had been exhausted and they were not able to determine where the alleged crime took place.
The NCIS report has recently been made available via a freedom of information request by Wrestling-Online.com. The full report can be viewed here.
From the NCIS report:
Records indicate Massaro was treated at Camp Life Support Area in Kuwait, but NCIS' attempts to determine the exact location of the camp proved unsuccessful.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.
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 on July 2, 2006, was interviewed in 2019 as part of the NCIS investigation. The assistant, whose name has been redacted, noted Massaro came in complaining of abdominal and pelvic pain. They also noted Massaro was accompanied by a man who "seemed to be acting skittish and strange." The man was allegedly well-built and possibly had a mustache.
The assistant also 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 someone else in the facility expressed that Massaro may have been high. The assistant noted that he had "little experience with people on drugs or alcohol" so he was not sure.
According to the assistant, Massaro agreed to a pelvic exam that was conducted with a female Corpsman in the room and Massaro was lucid throughout. The assistant also noted that someone did bang on the door to check on Massaro while he was attending to her, which is consistent with claims made by Massaro in her affidavit. The exam had to be stopped briefly so Massaro could answer back that everything was fine.
The assistant also stated that Massaro did not seem upset, was not crying, and there was nothing that led him to think she had been sexually assaulted. He also stated he did not see Massaro leave the facility.
The NCIS attempted to speak with the Officer in Charge of the clinic where Massaro was treated. However, the person stated they did not want to be interviewed.