SUMMARY
- Janel Grant a former WWE employee filed a complaint against and sued Vince for s**ual harassment and misconduct.
- ant mentioned that on June 15, 2021, Vince locked her in an office at the headquarters in Stamford and assaulted her s**ually along with an executive.
The co-founder and the former CEO of WWE has again broken the headlines due to the wrong reasons. He is undoubtedly one of the most controversial figures in the professional wrestling industry and has lived to this reputation multiple times.
On Thursday Janel Grant a former WWE employee filed a complaint against and sued Vince for s**ual harassment and misconduct. She alleged McMahon of trafficking her to other WWE employees and Wrestlers. One of the big names disclosed in the reports was Brock Lesnar.
— Wrestle Ops (@WrestleOps) January 25, 2024
Janel filed a lawsuit against Vince McMahon in the US District Court in Connecticut in which she named him and John Laurinaitis as defendants. John is the former head of talent relations in the Stamford-based promotion. She accused the 78-year-old sports business entrepreneur of making false promises about career growth and taking her advantage.
Grant mentioned that on June 15, 2021, Vince locked her in an office at the headquarters in Stamford and assaulted her s**ually along with an executive. A similar incident again happened with her on June 23, 2021, after which she received $15,000 in Bloomingdale’s gift cards through the assistant of McMahon.
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Screenshots of Vince McMahon’s messages from the new sex trafficking lawsuit: pic.twitter.com/pqx78GHSwU
— Wrestle Ops (@WrestleOps) January 25, 2024
According to the lawsuit, McMahon repeatedly used s*x toys named after other WWE employees, wrestlers, and performers to s*xually groom Ms. Grant for trafficking to those same people. He forced her to resign from her position after his wife found out about his misdeeds.
Grant was also forced to sign an NDA and was told that Mr. McMahon would safeguard her reputation and financially help her by paying $3 million to her. But he only paid $1 million in February 2022 and failed to pay the rest of the amount.
Leaked texts from Vince McMahon to Janel Grant
Janel Grant has shared some text messages as evidence in her lawsuit and as soon as they were leaked on the internet people were shocked to see the nasty things that Vince did to her.
According to the texts (as per the lawsuit), Vince has shown her explicit NSFW videos to other employees and told nasty stories about her to them. One night he was also engaged in ‘role play’ with Grant where he acted as a WWE superstar. According to Janel, he was very rough and she pleaded with him to stop many times.
This is the one that got me. Reprehensible. pic.twitter.com/o7gUKPw5yg
— Ben Rogerson (@BenRogerson_) January 25, 2024
She said, “Help!”, “I’m serious!” and “I’m scared!” but Vince ignored her plea and kept assaulting her as he pulled her hair, pinned her and open-palm slapped her. Amidst the torture, he said,”I’m really f**king up with you right and left tonight, huh?” he forbade her to leave his condo that night unless she told him that things were fine between them.
For now, there have been no comments from Vince McMahon but this case can tarnish his image and can lead him to strict punishment if found guilty. It will be interesting to see how the case proceeds.