{"id":165569,"date":"2023-09-11T17:16:10","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T22:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=165569"},"modified":"2023-09-11T17:17:01","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T22:17:01","slug":"matt-riddle-incident-at-airport-and-his-instagram-post-leads-to-tmz-story-investigation-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/09\/11\/matt-riddle-incident-at-airport-and-his-instagram-post-leads-to-tmz-story-investigation-launched\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Riddle incident at airport and his Instagram post leads to TMZ story, investigation launched"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-4240527099\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>WWE wrestler Matt Riddle accused airport security of sexually assaulting him in a since-deleted Instagram post this weekend. He was returning from WWE&#8217;s trip to India and, according to Ringside News, that he appeared to be &#8220;heavily intoxicated.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On Instagram, he wrote:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Nothing like being sexually assaulted by an officer and harrassed at the JFK Airport. No means no and just because I&#8217;m nice doesn&#8217;t mean yes!!! Asshole!!! Don&#8217;t know they&#8217;re (sic) Twitter or Instagram handles, but I took pictures. Normally I&#8217;m like whatever, but today was really weird and uncomfortable and they made a point to make me feel small and useless. Definitely one of the most uncomfortable travel days I&#8217;ve ever had. Thanks NYC, you&#8217;re so progressive and accepting!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>(Minor grammar\/formatting changes made for clarity.)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2023\/09\/10\/wwe-matt-riddle-jfk-sexual-assault-claim-internal-investigation\/\">TMZ reports<\/a> that local law enforcement told them that they received a call about disorderly person who was deplaning and they met him in the terminal. TMZ was told Riddle seemed apologetic in the moment and no police report was filed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everyone was free to go without incident,&#8221; TMZ reported &#8220;It&#8217;s because of this that our sources say the Port Authority was shocked by Riddle&#8217;s claim as, from their view, nothing went down to warrant such an accusation.&#8221; TMZ said they are takiing the claim seriously and have launched an internal probe of the incident.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ringsidenews.com\/2023\/09\/10\/wwe-investigating-matt-riddles-recent-jfk-airport-situation\/\">Ringside News reports<\/a> that WWE is looking into the matter. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwinsider.com\/article\/175262\/matt-riddle-update.html?p=1\">PWInsider reports<\/a> that Riddle isn&#8217;t expected to appear on Raw tonight or this weekend&#8217;s WWE live events where he had originally been scheduled.<\/p>\n<p>Riddle has been currently part of a storyline in WWE where he&#8217;s been enthusiastically teaming with the slightly-reluctant Drew McIntyre.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>RECOMMENDED NEXT: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/09\/11\/editorial-c-m-punks-firing-is-a-teachable-moment-for-aew-but-some-people-are-learning-the-wrong-lesson\/\">EDITORIAL: C.M. 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