NEW YORK — Charges against WWE founder Vince McMahon for a Connecticut car crash will be dismissed in a year if he completes a pretrial probation program, a judge ruled Thursday.

McMahon, 80, applied for the program back in August, and Judge Gary White granted his request at Thursday’s hearing, the Connecticut Post reported. McMahon did not speak in court.

“Not every car accident is a crime,” McMahon’s lawyer, Mark Sherman, told reporters outside the courthouse. “That’s what happened here, an accident.”

McMahon was driving over 90 mph in his Bentley Continental on Route 15 through Westport in the moments before the July 24 crash, authorities said.

The ex-WWE boss was traveling northbound on the road when he rear-ended a 2023 BMW sedan, then struck the parkway median, police said. Debris from the median flew into the southbound lanes, causing a 2020 Ford Fusion to also crash, cops said.

Despite the chaotic three-car accident and the airbags deploying in McMahon’s vehicle, no one was seriously injured in the wreck. Neither of the other drivers objected to McMahon’s application for the pretrial probation program, according to the CT Post.

If McMahon successfully completes the program and has no further accidents in the next year, the charges for reckless driving and following too closely will be dismissed on Oct. 15, 2026, the CT Post reported. McMahon will be allowed to continue driving during that time period.

Other legal actions against McMahon, including multiple civil suits alleging sex assault, will not affect the Connecticut car crash case. WWE’s headquarters are located in Stamford, and McMahon has a home in Greenwich.

The only comment he made to reporters on Thursday was “Gotta run, guys,” while getting into a car after his court appearance.

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