Vince McMahon retired from WWE after a hush money scandal went public. There was an internal investigation in the matter, and McMahon later returned to WWE to help usher in their eventual merger with the UFC. Now, some incredibly heavy allegations have emerged thanks to a new lawsuit.
New Unspeakable Vince McMahon Allegations
The Wall Street Journal has reported that a woman, Janel Grant, a former employee at WWE’s headquarters, claimed in the lawsuit filed on Thursday that she experienced abuse and sexual exploitation by McMahon during his tenure as chief executive.
She received a payout from McMahon, and has filed a new lawsuit accusing McMahon, the company, and a former executive of sex trafficking. This legal action raises questions about the scope of an internal company probe conducted by a law firm last year.
Grant asserted that McMahon enticed her with promises of career advancement, only to exploit and traffic her to other men within the company. John Laurinaitis was also named in the lawsuit.
Filed in a Connecticut federal court, the lawsuit provides a detailed account of Grant’s interactions with McMahon, including graphic descriptions of alleged incidents. According to Grant, on June 15, 2021, McMahon and another WWE executive reportedly locked her in an office at WWE’s headquarters in Stamford, where they took turns sexually assaulting her while other staff members were working.
On June 23, 2021, in the midst of a workday, McMahon allegedly locked Grant inside his private locker room at WWE’s offices and forced himself on her over a massage table, the lawsuit claimed. Later that day, McMahon’s personal assistant delivered $15,000 in Bloomingdale’s gift cards to Grant in her office.
According to legal documents, McMahon is accused of using sex toys forcefully, including dildos named after WWE Superstars, causing injuries such as bruising and bleeding. The lawsuit also alleges an incident where McMahon is said to have defecated on a woman’s head during a threesome.
As one example of McMahon’s extreme depravity, on May 9, 2020, he defecated on Ms. Grant during a threesome, and then commanded her to continue pleasuring his “friend”— with feces in her hair and running down her back—while McMahon went to the bathroom to Case 3:24-cv-00090 Document 1 Filed 01/25/24 Page 4 of 67 5 shower off. Upon his return from the bathroom, McMahon and his “friend” actively resumed the threesome, which lasted over an hour and a half, while Ms. Grant remained covered in McMahon’s filth. When McMahon’s “friend” left, McMahon ordered her to stay and to continue to sexually gratify him.
The lawsuit also includes screenshots of explicit text messages that McMahon allegedly sent to Grant, with one from May 2020 stating, “I’m the only one who owns U and controls who I want to f*ck U.”
Vince McMahon in WWE Now
Vince McMahon was removed from creative control of WWE when Triple H was appointed the company’s Chief Content Officer. McMahon still holds a seat on the company’s board of directors.
It was previously noted that TKO Group Holdings named Vince as a potential risk for their continued success. We have to wonder about the internal investigation that went down within WWE after the hush money scandal first broke.
As of this writing, WWE has not released any public statement on the new Wall Street Journal report. We have also not heard whether Netflix’s upcoming documentary will need a fresh edit, but it’s very likely that there is more story to tell in this situation. It was reported that the upcoming multipart documentary will not pull any punches, and neither did this lawsuit.
