Veteran WWE Superstar Randy Orton is scheduled to testify in the trial for the lawsuit tattoo artist Catherine Alexander has brought against WWE Take Two Interactive 2K Games 2K Sports Visual Concepts Entertainment Yukes Co. and Yukes LA.
Orton is currently scheduled to be a witness in the trial, which will go before the United States District Court of the Southern District of Illinois. The jury trial has been delayed numerous times over the past few years but it is now scheduled to commence on Monday September 26. The trial is expected to take place over five days.
The tattoos include tribal art on Ortons forearm a Bible verse on his arm, a dove a skull and a rose. Alexanders original suit claimed that all of her tattoos on Orton are her original designs and that she never gave the defendants permission to recreate them in WWE video games. She also stated that the designs done between 2002 and 2008 are easily recognized by his fans and members of the public.
Orton was never named as a defendant/plaintiff in the lawsuit and he has never publicly commented on the matter. However he did comment in a declaration. In regards to whether Orton got a license from Alexander Orton previously stated in a declaration that he understood the tattoos to be his personal expression and was never told he would need further permission to make them visible.
It was also reported in September 2020 how Alexander first approached WWE in 2009 after hearing a rumor that WWE was planning to introduce a new line of faux sleeves to be worn by fans pretending to be their favorite WWE Superstars. She contacted WWEs legal department and introduced herself as Ortons tattoo artist. Alexander told WWE legal that she was willing to negotiate for any reproductions of her work. She claims she was laughed at by the WWE employee.
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