Despite 15 Year Probation Sentence, Effy Will Still Be Able To Travel For Pride Month

Effy is one of the most well known LGBT+ talents in professional wrestling and has been one of the top names regarding representation and encouraging talents to be themselves. Effy in recent years has held the Big Gay Brunch series.

However, Effy is currently in the midst of some legal issues. While speaking to Wrestle Haus, Effy revealed that he has been handed a 15 year probational sentence for possessing cannabis edibles.

“On Monday, I was given a 15-year probation sentence for having edibles in my car when I got caught speeding last February in South Georgia,” he said. “Now, you’re one of the few people that has seen the mug shot, which is going to be available as a shirt and 8 x 10 soon, so I can recoup some of the $9,000 I have spent on legal fees and court costs so far.

“But it was definitely a case of me looking like I was drugs and the cops sort of determining that I was. I mean, I don’t know how many other people in the United States history have a mug shot with an Anakin Jedi braid hanging off the side of their blond hair, only a month removed from losing to Jeff Jarrett.”

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It is positive to see that Effy is in good spirits and he also noted that he plans to stop using cannabis in the future. He also noted that despite the probation, he was able to work out a deal where he was allowed to travel through Pride Month for events.

“I will say, I went to a South Georgia judge and I basically said, ‘Listen,’ in the most polite terms, because, you know, Pride Month is coming up. I do have to be honest in saying, I don’t think if I told them I was the most electric gay man in wrestling, and I had to continue my global domination tour, forcing everyone to be gay, that they would have enjoyed that.

“So I kind of had to dance around it and say, ‘Look, if I don’t have the ability to travel, you’re really going to mess up not only my life but the life of many people who I bring joy to.’ So, we worked out a situation where I can travel still globally, but I do have to inform them when I’m going and get a monthly pass. But now I’m sort of, I’m figuring out the next steps.”

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We will have to wait and see how Effy is able to compete across Pride Month, but fans will certainly be happy to know they will see him soon.

H/T to WrestleHaus

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