Anthony Duane Wilson, the individual prosecuting WWE and AEW on accusations of copywriting infringement, has instigated a new legal maneuver proposing a temporary hiatus in the court proceedings.
Wilson, presently detained at Trumbull County Jail for assaulting a prison officer with a milk carton filled with urine, officially proposed the postponement on June 24.
In his statement, Wilson maintained, “I am unable to follow and argue my case, nor am I able to continue legal research at this time and believe, from my legal research, that is within the 8-month max time frame that a continuance would grant me. If the court would schedule the first hearing after this date so we can get to discovery or pause the proceedings, I may properly and timely respond to motions from the defendants who are very desperate to keep this from continuing into discovery.”
In the beginning of the year, Wilson reinstated his lawsuit, alleging “plagiarism, market damages, product damages, personal damages, and financial damages.”
This legal action was originally discarded in November of 2023 after neither AEW nor WWE had been officially notified within a three-month period. Nonetheless, it was dismissed absent prejudice, thus allowing for it to be reinitiated.