The one time WWE employee said she was abused by Vince McMahon and also trafficked to other men “as a pawn to secure talent deals” with wrestlers the company was trying to sign.
The former WWE employee, Janel Grant, filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut Thursday naming Vince McMahon, WWE and former head of talent relations John Laurinaitis as defendants.”
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The lawsuit alleges McMahon, Laurinaitis and WWE violated the Trafficking Victims Prevention Act, and includes claims of civil battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress in relation to years-long sexual and emotional abuse Grant said she endured as an employee of WWE. The lawsuit seeks unspecified monetary damages as well as a declaratory judgment that a nondisclosure agreement Grant signed while she was a WWE employee is “void and unenforceable, and does not bar any of Plaintiff’s claims against Defendants McMahon and WWE.” A copy of the lawsuit is available at this link.
Reps for WWE and McMahon did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
A spokesperson for TKO Group Holdings, the parent company of WWE and UFC, said in a statement: “Mr. McMahon does not control TKO nor does he oversee the day-to-day operations of WWE. While this matter predates our TKO executive team’s tenure at the company, we take Ms. Grant’s horrific allegations very seriously and are addressing this matter internally.”
McMahon Stepped Down as WWE CEO Nearly Two Years Ago
The lawsuit was filed just two days after it was announced that TKO had made a 10-year deal with Netflix for their oldest current show, ‘Monday Night Raw.’
After original accusations on this front in 2022, Vince McMahon stepped down as WWE’s CEO in June of that year.
