Bergen WWE Wrestler Suspended Amid Rape Allegation

BERGEN COUNTY, NJ — A professional wrestler from Hackensack has been suspended by World Wrestling Entertainment following a rape investigation in Arizona.

Enzo Amore, whose real name is Eric Arndt, allegedly raped a woman in October, Phoenix Police reported to Patch.

Police were called to a hospital Oct. 23 after receiving information that doctors treated a woman who was allegedly sexually assaulted several days earlier.

Detectives were told the alleged assault occurred four days prior at the Clarendon Hotel and Spa, police told Patch.

Arndt has been with the WWE since 2012 and won the cruiserweight championship in September.

WWE suspended Arndt after his alleged victim posted on Twitter Monday that she had been raped and that the police were investigating.

"WWE has zero tolerance for matters involving sexual harassment or sexual assault," WWE said in a statement. "Until this matter is resolved, Eric Arndt (a.k.a. Enzo Amore) has been suspended."

Amore had been scheduled to appear at WWE's Monday Night RAW 25th anniversary show in New York.

Reporting by Colin Miner, Patch staff

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Eric Arndt, known by his WWE persona Enzo Amore/Photo courtesy of WWE