Velveteen Dream once again made claim to his innocence of the accusations made against him. Dream initially made a statement following his release back on May 20, 2021 following his release, but the former NXT star spoke on Dishing Drama with Dana Wilkey to reiterate that the accusations of having inappropriate contact with a minor are false. He called the allegations “Bullshit, 100% bullshit,” before adding:
“I’d like to throw this in there as well, Josh Fuller was the one that when he decided to show up on social media with his bullshit allegations, he started the hashtag Fire Velveteen Dream. That’s what it cost me. An investigation was done by WWE, our COO Paul Levesque, better known as Triple H, went on record and said there was nothing that WWE found that would incriminate me or cause any concern for the company, a company who sells to children, and I’m being accused of soliciting sex for minors. Come on. WWE found nothing. They even tried to put me back in a program with one of their top stars and then after the Fire Velveteen Dream hashtag blew up, they were doing the digital audience and someone showed up, in their place instead of a person it hashtag Fire Velveteen Dream,” he said.
“WWE gave me time, trying to distance me from the travesty of it all, and then they brought me back on a smaller scale to work with one of their mid-card guys. I got a couple months out of that, but #FireVelveteenDream was still trending. Every time I went on TV, it would begin to trend. WWE, in the middle of cancel culture, found itself at a loss. Money talks and they have shareholders. Even if they found me to be innocent, now, I’m affecting the bottom line, at least the bottom line they have with me, the money they can make with me, the way they can utilize me on TV. That’s what it cost me. It cost me my career. It cost me a chance to not only continue a dream, but almost have guaranteed support for my family. It was horrible. As soon as I got fired, the air cleared. Everyone deleted their messages, everyone deleted their vlogs. No one had nasty, rude hateful messages to send. It all stopped. It was as if the job got done and now we can all live our lives, except for the guy playing Velveteen Dream, me.”
Dream (real name Patrick Clark) had two accusations made against him back during the Speaking Out movement in 2020: one was with pro wrestler Josh Fuller while the other involved 17-year-old Jaccob whom Clark claimed he was giving wrestling advice to. Jaccob provided an explicit photo of Clark. WWE COO Triple said that the company looked into the accusations and found nothing from it.
Transcription credit goes to Jeremy Lambert of Fightful.
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