Wrestler Montez Ford sued over alleged ‘lap dance’ on safety guard throughout dwell broadcast (Video)

WWE star Montez Ford is being sued by a safety guard who alleged that he carried out a “sexu@lized lap dance” on him throughout a dwell Netflix broadcast of “Monday Night Raw.”

The safety guard, Noel Lucas, accused Ford, whose actual title is Kenneth Crawford, and the WWE of assault, battery, intentional infliction of emotional misery, and different claims, in keeping with the lawsuit filed on Wednesday, which was obtained by Post Wrestling and confirmed by The Post.

Lucas alleged the incident unfolded as Ford and his Street Profits tag staff companion, Angelo Dawkins, made their entrance earlier than their televised match at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Ill., on July 6.

Lucas, an officer with the Cook County Sheriff’s Department who was working off-duty safety on the occasion, claimed Ford approached him with out warning or consent and commenced dancing in a “sexually provocative” method.

“Defendant Crawford then began performing a sexually provocative dance immediately in front of and over Plaintiff [Lucas], repeatedly thrusting and gyrating his hips and pelvis towards Plaintiff, performing a sexualized ‘lap dance,’” the lawsuit, filed within the Circuit Court of Cook County, said.

Lucas alleges Ford moved more and more nearer to Lucas because the dance continued and that his “left inner thigh repeatedly rubbed against Plaintiff’s leg.”

The lawsuit alleges 14 counts, together with violations of the Illinois Gender Violence Act.

Lucas claimed footage of the encounter unfold throughout social media, drawing lots of of hundreds of views, together with on WWE’s and Ford’s personal accounts.

The alleged fallout continued the next day when Lucas returned to his full-time job at a courthouse.

“Members of the public recognized him from the videos of the encounter that had circulated on social media and mocked him, thrusting their hips in his direction, imitating the sexual movements” allegedly carried out through the broadcast, the lawsuit said.

Lucas additionally claimed his kids have been “mocked and ridiculed” in school over the footage.

The lawsuit alleges Lucas has suffered “humiliation, embarrassment and emotional distress” and continues to be affected as a result of the video stays accessible on-line.

He additionally accuses WWE and Ford of utilizing his picture for business functions with out authorization, citing the Illinois Right of Publicity Act.

Lucas is searching for unspecified financial damages, punitive damages, authorized charges, and a court docket order barring the defendants from utilizing his identification.

Ford signed with WWE in 2015 and teamed up with Angelo Dawkins because the Street Profits in 2017, occurring to win tag staff titles throughout NXT, Raw, and SmackDown and grow to be WWE Tag Team Triple Crown champions in 2020.

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