HARTFORD (AP) -- The chairwoman of the Connecticut Democrats has filed a federal elections complaint against Republican Linda McMahon, claiming the former executive of Stamford-based World Wrestling Entertainment received corporate help for her U.S. Senate race.
Nancy DiNardo claims WWE's recent decision to remove several videos on the Internet site YouTube was done to help McMahon's campaign.
DiNardo says WWE removed videos of wrestlers engaging in a simulated rape and appearing in other offensive scenes, while leaving up thousands of less explicit ones.
WWE says the videos were removed because they were copyrighted material.
DiNardo says removal of the videos amounted to a prohibited in-kind corporate contribution.
McMahon's spokesman Ed Patru says that's a baseless accusation and the campaign has complied with all federal election rules.
McMahon is one five Republicans seeking to challenge Democrat Chris Dodd in 2010.
