The #SpeakingOut movement has revealed several wrestlers who have been accused of sexual misconduct. Matt Riddle is also one of the names. He has been accused of sexual assault by an indie wrestler by the name of Candy Cartwright.
Riddle went on to call Candy a ”stalker” and claimed she harassed him. Now another indie wrestler Jamie Senegal has given her own statement regarding Riddle and Candy Cartwright’s relationship.
Senegal took to Twitter and said that she was a witness to Riddle and Candy Cartwright’s relationship. She said that it was common knowledge to everyone except Matt’s wife, Lisa Riddle.
“Candy is not a STALKER. WrestleMania Weekend 2017 it was public knowledge to everyone EXCEPT Lisa Riddle that they were together. I didn’t even know Candy yet but I knew Matt and I knew. Over the course of the following years they were seen leaving shows together, hanging out with other wrestlers publicly, and traveling together. Matt felt guilty and told Lisa he was cheating. She blocked Candy’s number out of her phone and on all social media. She made a Text Now account to keep in contact with him. They saw eachother since then.
Matt gave me his number through Instagram in November 2018. We didn’t start talking like that until January 2019. he told me him and Candy just hooked up once but i knew that was a lie. He sent us both the same pics on the same days. in March 2019 Matt picked me up from a friends apartment and we hooked up in his car and he took me home. Then the text thread I released was later that month. i got a boyfriend and went to canada and ignored him.
On August 22nd 2019 i wrestled Melina and Candy came to the show asked me if this stuff was true, when I told her she began crying. We talked about how she was hurt and our friendship grew stronger. To say our final goodbye to that situation and to never look back we went to FL for my birthday and we did a photoshoot and captioned it “Ur Dead To Us.” so that’s way we could close our case and move on from him. Out of my knowledge she talked to him one last time and said her final resting piece. Then she was received extra work for NXT and he got her blackballed.”
Matt Riddle’s lawyer issued a statement regarding the allegations. Riddle made his in-ring debut on Smackdown last week where he defeated AJ Styles in a singles match.
