A Cook County Sheriff’s officer has filed a lawsuit against WWE and Montez Ford stemming from an incident that occurred during a July 2026 episode of Monday Night RAW. The officer, identified as Noel Lucas, filed the complaint on October 14 in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois.
According to reports from Fightful and eWrestlingNews, both citing POST Wrestling, the lawsuit names WWE directly as well as Event Services, LLC, a WWE subsidiary. Montez Ford is named in the filing under his real name, Kenneth Crawford.
Lucas was reportedly working in connection with the broadcast at the time of the incident described in the suit. The RAW episode in question aired live on Netflix as part of the streaming service’s ongoing partnership with WWE for weekly programming.
What the Filing Establishes
The available reporting confirms the date and venue of the filing, the parties named in the suit, and that the underlying incident is tied to a July 2026 RAW broadcast. Specific allegations detailing what occurred during that episode, the nature of any injury or damages Lucas is claiming, and the legal theories underpinning the complaint have not been disclosed in the reporting currently available. WWE has not issued a public response to the lawsuit as of this writing, and no statement has been attributed to Montez Ford or his representatives.
Montez Ford remains a signed WWE performer, best known for his work as one half of The Street Profits alongside Angelo Dawkins. The inclusion of Event Services, LLC in the suit suggests the complaint may touch on logistical or operational aspects of the live event rather than solely in-ring action, though the sources do not specify which of Lucas’s duties or alleged injuries connect to each named party.
As a civil filing in Cook County Circuit Court, the case will proceed through Illinois state court procedures, which typically include a period for WWE and Ford to respond to the complaint before any scheduling of hearings or potential settlement discussions. No court dates or response deadlines were included in the available reporting.
WAW will continue to follow this story as additional details from the court filing or statements from the involved parties become available.
