By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor (@prowrestlingnet)
Janel Grant’s legal team has filed an amended lawsuit against Vince McMahon, John Laurinaitis, and World Wrestling Entertainment, and issued the following press release on Friday (the amended complaint can be read in full here and a statement issued by Vince McMahon’s attorney is listed at the bottom of this page).
NEW YORK, NY – Today, attorneys for Janel Grant filed a motion to amend the complaint in her ongoing case against former WWE CEO Vince McMahon, John Laurinaitis, and WWE to provide new evidence that McMahon treated Ms. Grant as a commodity to sexually abuse and offer to other men. The proposed amended complaint, which is attached to her motion, includes never-before-seen text and voice messages from McMahon and provides new details about how McMahon coerced Ms. Grant into sexual acts through her employment at WWE.
“Ms. Grant’s amended complaint reveals new details that further demonstrate the sexual abuse she suffered at the hands of Vince McMahon and John Laurinaitis and pulls back the curtain on the dangerous workplace culture McMahon created at WWE,” said Ann Callis, attorney for Janel Grant. “Ms. Grant looks forward to holding her abusers accountable in a court of law.”
The amended complaint provides new evidence about the sexual abuse carried out by McMahon, Laurinaitis, and WWE including:
· McMahon offered Ms. Grant to WWE Superstar Brock Lesnar for a sexual encounter during his formal negotiation of a new contract with WWE, and McMahon ordered Ms. Grant to send Lesnar sexually explicit content of herself.
· McMahon sent a text message to Ms. Grant, where he fantasizes in graphic detail about watching as a group of men are “surrounding” her and leaving her physically “wrecked,” underscoring how he viewed her as a commodity to offer to others.
· A text message from McMahon to Ms. Grant where he makes clear that only McMahon has the power to “arrange” Ms. Grant’s sexual encounters.
· An occasion where McMahon video recorded Ms. Grant while nude for Laurinaitis, without Ms. Grant’s knowledge or consent.
· Details about the sham investigation WWE proclaimed to conduct in 2022 after it became public that McMahon signed NDAs with multiple women, in which “investigators” refused to interview Ms. Grant.
· The transcript of a voice message from McMahon to Ms. Grant, where he attempts to coerce her into signing an NDA “really f***in’ fast” so he doesn’t get kicked out of his own “f***in’ company.”
The initial complaint, filed in January 2024, includes a text message from McMahon to Ms. Grant where McMahon admits, “i’m the only one who owns U and controls who I want to f*** U.”
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Other notables from the complaint include…
-“McMahon recklessly obtained Ms. Grant’s nude photos while being filmed for a documentary and shots of him viewing her nude images aired on Netflix in 2024 for the world to see.”
-McMahon instructed Grant to “create customized pornographic content for producer Michael Hayes and his crew.”
-A custom corner office suite was designed for Laurinaitis, leaving Grant’s office with “an internal door that connected directly into Laurinaitis’ office.” The complaint adds: “Both Brad Blum and Nick Khan were actively involved in arranging an office space for Ms. Grant, again an inappropriate task for executives of their high ranks.”
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McMahon’s attorney Jessica T. Rosenberg issued the following statement to PWInsider.com: “As expected, the proposed amended complaint is nothing more than the latest publicity stunt in an ongoing smear campaign. It is filled with desperate falsehoods from a team that continues to disregard the law and the truth.”
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