WWE wrestling legend Jerry “The King” Lawler and his girlfriend, Lauryn McBride, were both arrested in the early hours of Friday, June 17, after an argument turned violent.
The pair are both facing domestic assault charges.
According to The Associated Press, 66-year-old Lawler and 27-year-old McBride were both booked into the Shelby County Jail around 1 a.m. Friday after police were called to Lawler’s home in East Memphis, Tennessee.
Lawler told police that McBride was intoxicated and had scratched him in the face, threw a candle at him and kicked him in the groin throughout the course of their argument.
McBride, on the other hand, alleged that Lawler had struck her in the head and pushed her against a stove, even pulling out an unloaded pistol at one point and telling her to kill herself with it, according to local site WREG Memphis. The wrestler claims that McBride was the one who brought the weapon out.
The AP reports that police arrested both parties since they were unsure which of the two was the primary aggressor. Both have court appearances set for Monday.
The WWE released a statement via Twitter on Friday, June 17, noting that “#JerryLawler has been suspended indefinitely following his arrest.”
Lawler joined WWE in 1992 and has previously run for mayor of Memphis several times.
