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Fri, Apr. 23, 2004 

Lesnar injured in bike crash

TextBrock Lesnar, heralded as "The Next Big Thing" by World Wrestling
Entertainment, has run into a collision much more injurious than the
opponents he faced in WWE rings.

Lesnar was hospitalized this week for injuries suffered in a
motorcycle crash near the University of Minnesota, where he attended
college.

Police say Lesnar was on his motorcycle around 6 p.m. last Saturday
when the vehicle collided with a minivan which pulled in front of him.

Lesnar's agent John Wolf said his client was taken to Hennpin County
Medical Center.

Doctors removed glass from Lesnar's forehead -- which ostensibly did
more damage than some of the blows which his WWE opponents would
frequently deliver.

He required more than a dozen stitches.

Lesnar returned to training in Arizona at midweek. He is in extensive
workouts in an effort to play in the National Football League this
season.

Skies too 'friendly'

While WWE wants everyone to keep attention on last Sunday's "Backlash"
pay-per-view in which a three-way world title match between Chris
Benoit, Shawn Michaels (Michael Hickenbotten) and Hunter Hearst
Helmsley (Paul Levesque) stole the show, the company's attention is on
a far more serious legal matter.

Two Arizona flight attendants have filed a sexual harassment lawsuit
against the company, a Phoenix charter service and at least three
named wrestlers (including former world champion Ric Flair).

Taralyn Cappalano and Heidi Doyle claim in the suit they "were pawed,
groped, and sexually harassed" during a May 2002 flight from Europe.

Flair, now 55, is accused in the suit of forcing more than one
attendant to touch his private area while he also "forcibly detained
and restrained" another attendant "while he sexually assaulted her."

Scott Hall is accused of propositioning one of the women to engage in
a sexual act with him.

Dustin Runnels, the former Goldust, is said to have grabbed one
attendant and made "sexually lewd comments."

The lawsuit does not specify monetary damages. A complete transcript
of the legal papers is available at www.thesmokinggun.com, an online
information service of Court TV.


--- Internet Rex 2.29