Jamie Hawn, the ex-partner of professional wrestler BJ Whitmer, has claimed that All Elite Wrestling‘s legal team mistreated her during Whitmer’s domestic violence trial earlier this year.
In a GoFundMe post made this week raising money for her and her family, Hawn alleges that Chris Peck — AEW’s General Counsel — breached a non-disclosure agreement that she signed with the wrestling company in 2023. She alleges he shared information between herself and AEW with attorneys for BJ Whitmer, who at the time was involved in a criminal trial involving Hawn after being charged with first-degree strangulation and second-degree burglary stemming from an incident in June 2023.
The trial resulted in a settlement being reached. The person’s name is redacted in a filing reviewed by Brandon Thurston of POST Wrestling, but is believed to be Hawn. BJ Whitmer took a plea deal in the case. He was subsequently sentenced to 120 days of home imprisonment and five years of probation.
In the GoFundMe post, Hawn claims that Peck single-handedly affected “the outcome of the criminal case against my abuser, his sentencing, and my ability to properly recover financially, mentally, and physically.” She was also “robbed of any chance of justice” after Peck allegedly breached the terms of the NDA that AEW had Hawn sign.
Hawn goes on to claim that Peck “wrongfully provided an inaccurate description of my intentions and false context of my engagement with AEW (Megha Parekh), dating back to June 2023,” and that he “blatantly lied” to the defense and prosecution teams involved in the case.
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Hawn was contacted by then-Chief Legal Officer of AEW Megha Parekh after the incident between herself and Whitmer. Hawn says she went on to share details of the incident with the company. AEW offered therapy resources and a home security system for her family’s safety, as well as a potential partnership with AEW to help raise awareness of domestic violence.
However, Hawn alleges that all of that changed in September 2023, when Peck took over the case. Hawn claims that Peck made her re-send all of the evidence to him. This was a move that Hawn notes was unnecessary and traumatic for her. She also claims that Peck asked her what was needed to make the situation “go away,” alleging that money was discussed as some sort of settlement. Hawn also claims that Peck told her she needed to sign an NDA in order to receive any payment from AEW. After signing it, Peck then turned over all details to Whitmer’s legal team. This was subsequently submitted into the criminal case. Because the information was not subpoenaed, Hawn claims, the act of doing is a breach of the NDA.
“Megha reached out to the prosecution and defense in March 2024 at my request to clarify the nature of our conversations in the summer of 2023; neither replied to her,” said Hawn. “I, from the beginning, was not looking for anything but empathy and someone to help me out of the most challenging situation I’ve ever been in. Megha lifted me up; Chris Peck painted me as a hysterical woman. The initial crime was painful enough; Peck made all my worst fears as a victim come true.”
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