I try not to respond to rumors. It’s a lose-lose situation.
If you don’t respond, it seems like you may be avoiding the rumor because it is
true. If you deny it, you are bringing more attention to a lie. Well, in this
case I’m gonna respond. A MySpace friend emailed me yesterday to let me know
that a wrestling gossip website is claiming that they have an anonymous source
or sources that say I was Chris Benoit’s secret mistress at the time of his
murder-suicide. First let me say, this is absolutely false. I invite the
“reporter” from that website to come to my home city, and I will submit myself
to a polygraph. If this website is at all concerned with the truth, they should
jump at the opportunity. But frankly, I think they are just concerned about
sensational headlines, and couldn’t care less about the facts behind it.
And the timing sure is conspicuous.Years after the event,
but hours before my TNA wrestling debut. Could it be that a certain wrestling
organization is concerned about what kind of impact that I will make in TNA?
And what kind of coward would make such a powerful claim, and hide in the
shadows of anonymity. Come forward. Legitimize your claim.
I have made every effort to move on and take the high road.
The worst thing that I have said is that I wanted a different role. Believe me,
in nine years with that organization, I have been aware of behavior so deviant
that it would shock the devil himself. But as the old saying goes, the only
thing certain about a mudslinging contest is that everyone gets dirty.
And finally, let me say this. To spread a lie like this
hurts the survivors of a tragedy that already have gone through immeasurable
suffering. Although it doesn’t excuse his behavior, studies on Chris Benoit’s
brain after his death showed severe damage from years of wrestling-related
injuries. That, mixed with mood and hormone altering drugs led to a horrible
outcome. Before that, as we all have heard, he was very dedicated to his
family. Don’t drag these victims and their families through vicious lies for
the sake of attempting to take the wind out of my sails.
Again, I think the website that first posted this should
feel obligated to come out here and polygraph me. Stand by your story.
But in the end, all you’ve done is hurt some innocent people
with lies, and frankly, pissed me off, and motivated me to make TNA as good a product as I can.
Lisa Marie Varon
TARA is RIZING