Ric Flair Issues Statement Following ‘Dark Side Of The Ring’ Episode


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“The Nature Boy” Ric Flair has broke his silence following last week’s episode of Dark Side Of The Ring: The Plane Ride From Hell.

The show featured an interview from a flight attendant who alleged Ric Flair sexually assaulted her during the flight.

The incident – which took place during WWF’s European tour in 2002 – saw several wrestlers become intoxicated after their flight back to the United States was delayed, which led to a number of issues once they were in the air.

During the episode, former flight attendant Heidi Doyle described her experience onboard the flight, stating that Ric Flair approached her while she was on her own, before forcing her to touch his penis.

Ric Flair issued the following statement on social media.

Every person that I’ve worked with, from my lawyer to my publicist to my wife has said not to post a response; but I’ve never run from past behaviors before and I’m not going to start now.
I want to clarify a few things:

About four years ago, I gave ESPN full access to my life for a “30 for 30” special. They covered taxes, financial issues, adultery, divorces, the passing of my child and drinking/partying AT LENGTH.

Rory Kampf, desperate to matter for another 15 minutes, did an interview about it this morning. When Rory’s lips are moving, he’s typically lying, but one part of what he said was the God’s honest truth:

“I’d never heard that he had forced someone to touch his genitals,” Karpf admitted. “Everything with Ric that was construed as negative I tried to address in the 30 for 30. His drinking, his philandering, his adultery, his money problems, there’s quite a bit, but never, at least in the people that I spoke to, no one ever brought up that he would force himself on somebody.”

I allowed my personal life and the lives of my wife and children to be turned upside down for one reason: Whether it’s good or bad, even the really bad, the truth has to matter. Even in wrestling

My issues have been well documented over my 40+ year career. The impact of drinking too much (which nearly killed me 5 years ago) has been told time and time and time again. The reason Rory (or anyone else for that matter) never heard stories of me forcing myself on ANYONE is simple: it never happened.

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