Former ESPN and Current WWE Announcer Jonathan Coachman Named in Lawsuit

WWE’s Monday Night Raw Announcer and former ESPN Jonathan Coachman is one of many ESPN employees brought up in a sexual harassment lawsuit.

WWE is investigating current announcer Jonathan Coachman amid sexual harassment allegations brought on by former ESPN employee Adrienne Lawrence. Lawrence, a former ESPN  legal analyst, and anchor filed a sexual harassment, and discrimination lawsuit on Sunday.

This morning Jonathan Coachman took to twitter over the lawsuit,

You can read the entire lawsuit against ESPN at this link, or read below the section on Coachman :

“On or around January 18, 2016, SportsCenter anchor Jonathan Coachman emailed Ms. Lawrence offering to provide her with mentorship and providing his cellphone number. When he contacted her via text, he quickly turned professional conversation into a personal matter, asking her about her musical interests. He was employing the ESPN predators’ playbook. Colleagues then cautioned Ms. Lawrence that Coachman was notorious for sexually harassing female employees. After learning that, Ms. Lawrence made an effort to communicate to Coachman that she had a boyfriend, after which she did not hear from him again and he made no offers of mentorship.”

“Coachman’s reputation for making unwelcome sexual advances to ward women and engaging in other sexually harassing behavior was not a secret. Cary Chow had warned Ms. Lawrence about him when he gave the short list of men at ESPN who were notorious for sexual harassment. Coachman had sent Walsh inappropriate photos of himself and text messages, falsely telling her colleagues that they were romantically involved and that she “wanted” him – another common practice of men at ESPN.”

According to Raj Giri of WrestlingInc.com, WWE issued a statement Tuesday that read, “We take these matters very seriously and are investigating.”

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