Chris Dickinson is suing two of his ex-girlfriends for defamation after they both accused him of abusive behavior.
According to court documents filed in the District Court Of New Jersey, Dickinson (Christopher Torre) is suing Christina Kardooni (Christina Von Eerie) and McKaila Coulter for “blatant acts of defamation” against him.
Both Kardooni and Coulter accused Torre of abusive behavior during their respective relationships with him. In response, Torre is denying their claims and says that the allegations have cost him income and bookings as a professional wrestler. Torre claims that he’s not only lost up to $50,000 a month in work, but he hasn’t been able to work any matches in nearly three months.
Torre cited his relationships with New Japan Pro-Wrestling and GCW as factors, noting that both companies have stopped booking him since the allegations surfaced. In addition, many companies have pulled matches featuring Chris Dickinson from their content libraries.
Torre is seeking a jury trial and remedies that include:
a. Judgment on the claim set forth above;
b. An award of compensatory damages according to proof at trial, as well as
punitive and exemplary damages where authorized;
c. An order enjoining Defendants and those in active concert with
Defendants from disseminating or publishing any further defamatory
statements concerning Mr. Torre;
d. An order directing Defendants to retract their defamatory statements from
any non-party who they have contacted regarding the matters alleged in
this complaint;
e. An order directing Defendants to undertake such remedial efforts as the
Court deems necessary to restore Mr. Torre’s reputation;
f. Prejudgment and post-judgment interest at the applicable rate;
g. An award for reasonable attorney’s fees, costs and disbursements, where
applicable; and
h. Such other and further relief the Court deems proper and just.
Dickinson has not worked a match since a June appearance for Italy’s Squash A Jobber Wrestling in June. Prior to that, Dickinson’s last match for New Japan Pro-Wrestling was at the company’s STRONG tapings in Philadelphia in May. His last GCW appearance was in Detroit on April 23; he was scheduled for GCW’s In Too Deep event on April 30 but he pulled himself so that he do not “serve as a distraction to my peers.”
Dickinson has denied the allegations and said he did not wish to engage in public discourse, but would “pursue all legal options afforded to me in an effort to clear my name.”
Christina Von Eerie has since responded to the lawsuit, posting the following statement (sic) on behalf of herself and Coulter:
It has been made public that Christopher Torre, (Chris Dickinson) has filed a federal defamation lawsuit in the district of New Jersey, against McKaila Coulter (ex girlfriend) and myself (ex girlfriend). None of the 3 parties live in NJ. Even his attorneys office is based out of Brooklyn, NY. New Jersey has no anti-SLAPP Law statute. That has made it very difficult and costly for us to find representation. Especially because neither of live anywhere near there.
We fear that if we don’t reply to the lawsuit with proper legal representation not only will it harm us, but it will reinforce that women should be afraid to speak out against their abusers unless they have the resources to also fight them in court.
Defamation can only be claimed if there is false information. Everything we have spoken out against is true.
That being said, we did not back down after being sent C&D’s to our jobs and homes. We will continue to stand our ground in the court of law.If anyone has any lawyer recommendations or groups they would recommend to help us fight this please reach out.
Thank you for your support.
CVE & MAC
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