WWE News: Police Report Shows Enzo Amore Didn’t Know About Investigation

To call former WWE Superstar Enzo Amore’s life since January a whirlwind would be a vast understatement. The former Cruiserweight Champion was of course released from WWE earlier this year after a sexual assault investigation came to light. It would be the final straw in a reported string of events that would lead the company to let Enzo go from his contract and we saw Amore go completely quiet on social media for months. WWE would reportedly state that the reason for his release was due to not being made aware of the investigation.

His silence was finally broken when it was revealed that the Phoenix Police investigation into an October 2017 incident had been dropped due to a lack of evidence, seemingly giving the newly rebranded Real1 all the “go ahead” he needed to launch a music career. It also opened the door for him to speak openly about the entire situation, staying firm in his words that he was not aware of the investigation until it went public following a tweet from the victim. Today, a new report shows that Enzo was indeed honest about that.

ProWrestlingSheet has obtained a copy of Phoenix Police’s investigation report, which states the investigation began on October 27th, 2017, however they did not make Enzo, real name Eric Arndt, aware of it and never attempted to make contact with him until it went public:

“After the victim public disclosed the active investigation, the suspect [redacted] now had knowledge of the investigation and all contact was directly to his attorneys.”

Additionally, the report adds that the public nature of the investigation initiated a witness coming forward, one who shared text messages from the victim, Philomena Sheahan that indicated she had lied in some of her statements to police. It also notes that a forensic examination done four days after the alleged incident did not turn up any DNA evidence on the victim. The report finishes up as follows:

“In reviewing the totality of this investigation, it does not warrant the submission for any criminal charges at this time. There is insufficient evidence to corroborate the victim’s disclosure of sexual assault. There were no witnesses to the incident and the forensic examination and crime lab results do not provide evidence of a sexual assault at this time.

The suspect did not give a direct statement to police, but did give an indirect statement through his attorney that all contact with the victim was consensual.

Cell phone and social media data and information contradict some of the initial statements about the incident and there is no cell phone or social media data that corroborate the sexual assault disclosure.

Witness statements made to law enforcement contradict the victim’s statement.

Video surveillance does confirm that the parties involved were together at the Clarendon Hotel on the night in question. The footage also confirms the victim leaving that morning. The video surveillance does not capture or corroborate the disclosure of sexual assault.

The facts of the case do not allow this case to proceed at this time. In the event that additional evidence comes to light that can corroborate the victim’s disclosure of sexual assault, this case can be re-opened and further investigated. Until such evidence is located or provided, this case will be closed.

Case closed.”

EA’s Take: I guess if you take WWE’s public reasoning for firing Enzo at face value, then you could have a reason to slightly feel bad for the guy losing his job over this. I don’t subscribe to that, however. The bottom line is that we all know the guy was on thin ice and had rubbed a lot of people the wrong way. He’ll even admit to that. So the important part to remember is that it was the “last straw” in a list of mistakes he made and the company was really handcuffed at the time.

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