Former WWE employee Janelle Grantfiled the lawsuit Thursday, alleging that the company’s president and CEO WWE, Vince McMahonsexually assaulted her and sold her to other people in the company.
In accordance with Khadija Safdar belonging Wall Street JournalIn 2022, Grant signed a confidentiality agreement in which he agreed to remain silent about his allegations and his relationship with McMahon in exchange for $3 million.
In his lawsuit, Grant claims payments stopped after receiving the initial $1 million payment, so he is seeking to void the agreement and sue for unspecified damages.
Additionally, Grant alleges in the lawsuit that McMahon forced him to “create personalized sexual content for a WWE Superstar he was trying to rehire.” According to the journalist:
The lawsuit does not name the professional wrestler but describes him as a UFC fighter and WWE talent. People familiar with the situation identified the wrestler as Brock Lesnar, one of the biggest names in WWE.
The lawsuit, which names WWE, McMahon and the company’s former head of talent, John LaurinaitisAs a defendant, Grant alleges that McMahon forced her into sexual situations and humiliated her in exchange for giving her a job with WWE as a coordinating administrator in the company’s legal department.
In the lawsuit, Grant alleges that in June 2021, McMahon and another executive locked her in his office and took turns sexually assaulting her. She also alleged that McMahon locked her in his private locker room a few days later and “forced himself on her.”
McMahon allegedly sent explicit text messages about Grant to Grant and other WWE employees, and Grant provided screenshots as part of the lawsuit.
McMahon allegedly sent explicit photos of Grant to other people in WWE.
In addition, Grant alleged that McMahon told him several times to go to Laurinaitis’ hotel room and have sexual relations with him before work hours.
Brock Lesnar is involved in this case
As for Lesnar, Grant claimed that after he signed a new contract, McMahon allegedly sent him a message saying that “part of the deal was sex… with you.”
McMahon allegedly gave Grant Lesnar’s cell phone number, and the WWE champion allegedly asked her to send him a video of her urinating.
Lesnar, who is married to former WWE star Sable, reportedly told Grant he wanted to “set a game date” for December 2021, but a snowstorm canceled those plans.
Grant said in the lawsuit that McMahon forced her to sign a confidentiality agreement in January 2022 when his wife Linda McMahon learned of their “relationship.”
In July 2022, McMahon resigned from WWE after it was revealed that he paid several women $14.6 million to keep quiet about sexual encounters with him and allegations of sexual harassment.
An investigation by the WWE board of directors found that McMahon improperly failed to report the payments as a business expense and was required to reimburse the company for the costs of the investigation.
Grant claims WWE tried to downplay her sexual assault allegations by focusing the investigation on the payouts.
TV; This is from the complaint filed today in Connecticut federal court:
People in WWE knew what was going on between Janelle Grant and Vince McMahon, but instead of protecting the victim, “WWE actively sought to cover up the wrongdoing” and “tried to cover up the matter… pic.twitter.com/X3QCvkG0SC
— Drainmaker 🌧️ 💵 (@DrainBamager) January 25, 2024
None of McMahon, Laurinaitis or Lesnar have commented on the allegations, but McMahon’s lawyer Jerry McDevitt stated in 2022 that McMahon had a consensual relationship with Grant, who had not yet been named at that time.
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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