Court Bauer: MLW taking Jacob Fatu charity no-show allegations ‘very seriously’

Court Bauer has commented on the recent allegations regarding MLW National Openweight Champion Jacob Fatu. 

Nonprofit organization Jake’s Network of Hope alleges Fatu no-showed their event last month and has not returned money he was pre-paid to wrestle on the show. The nonprofit says Fatu has “ghosted” them since.  

Bauer told In The Weeds recently that MLW is monitoring the situation. 

“What I can say is that we’re watching it very carefully. We take it very seriously. Fatu books himself on third-party shows, we have no involvement with that but it’s something we’ve had meetings on and we’re watching carefully and we’re continuing to monitor it and learn more about it,” Bauer said

“I think a lot of us, probably, work with charities, so when you see something like that, how does it make you feel? So, that’s something that we are genuinely watching,” he continued. 

Fatu has not commented on the allegations from Jake’s Network of Hope. However, the Wisconsin-based nonprofit told NBC that a famous member of the Anoa’i/Fatu family reached out and promised to attend the fundraising event next year. 

Fatu recently won the MLW National Openweight Championship. He is scheduled to defend the title on Saturday at Never Say Never against Calvin Tankman. The show will be the first live event for MLW as part of the FITE+ program.