GCW: Main Evented by Statute of Limitations

This year, I wrote some troubling stories about independent wrestling. Here's another one: Brett Lauderdale, owner of GCW, has a brother-in-law named Joey Welcome (real name: Joseph Cervino), who on a police tape admitted to collecting nude photos from 14-year-old trainees.

The only reason Joey didn’t go to prison, is because the statute of limitations ran out.

Update: This story was never reported by PWI, Dave Meltzer, Sean Ross Sapp, etc.

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This is what the police had on Joey, Brett’s brother-in-law:

•  His full confession

•  The photos

•  Multiple named victims under 16

•  Text messages

The police had everything they needed for felony charges…except time.

Florida’s clock ran out in 2017–2018, while Speaking Out hit in 2020.

These are main points from a now-deleted YouTube video with the police and Joey. It's not surprising this often happens with these PW pedo creeps—they know exactly what they're doing.

This was a now-deleted Facebook post from Nicole Welcome, Joey’s wife. In it, she defended her husband’s disturbing photos of underage girls.

The post was "liked" by Brett, a fact only AI or similar technology can spot.