Booker T has faced online backlash after appearing in photos alongside Chasyn Rance, a registered sex offender.
Rance is a former indie wrestler and is the head trainer at Team Vision Dojo.
In 2011, Rance was convicted of Lewd or Lascivious Battery of a victim aged between 12 and 15. He had to register as a sex offender. He was arrested yesterday for violating the terms of his sex offender registration. The arrest report states that Rance failed to report changes in vehicle ownership, neglected to disclose an internet ID, web page, or app name on two occasions and provided false registration information three times.
Booker took to social media and wrote:
“I’ve been a guest trainer at hundreds of wrestling schools over the years, helping to teach and mentor up-and-coming talent. I don’t conduct background checks on every trainer or individual I’ve crossed paths with or taken photos with along the way. This feels like a clear attempt to falsely associate me with something I have 100% nothing to do with and absolutely no knowledge of! Any student who’s trained with me can vouch for the kind of coach, mentor, and person I am. My record speaks for itself,” he wrote.
Back in 2018, Kenny Omega was in a similar position having to explain why Rance was on a show he booked after he faced backlash as well.’
“I’m terribly sorry for anyone in the building that felt unsafe or personally offended by his inclusion on the show. I will personally provide refunds to anyone in attendance that couldn’t enjoy themselves because of this, he wrote.
Big thanks to all that made #CEOxNJPW possible, but I wanted to address a terrible oversight on my part, in depth, for all to read. pic.twitter.com/JKBiqcuzGK
— Kenny Omega (@KennyOmegamanX) June 30, 2018
