A former WWE worker has shared grim new particulars of allegations against the group’s co-founder Vince McMahon in a submitting in her intercourse abuse lawsuit against him.
Janel Grant, who labored at WWE from June 2019 through early 2022, alleged in an affidavit filed earlier this week in Connecticut federal court that McMahon created a job “made from scratch” particularly for her in order to gain control over her.
Grant alleges that McMahon subjected her to repeated sexual abuse starting before she even began working at WWE, escalating all through her employment.
Janel Grant has sued Vince McMahon and WWE in Connecticut federal court.
She claims the encounters turned more and more violent over time, inflicting bodily accidents and emotional misery — prompting her to attempt suicide at one level.
While it is unusual for alleged sexual misconduct victims to be identify, Grant’s lawyer beforehand said she needed to go public, explaining she hoped “her lawsuit will prevent other women from being victimized.”
The Post has sought remark from McMahon, who strongly denied the allegations beforehand.
Grant alleged that in June 2021, she was raped on a desk by McMahon and another WWE govt, John Laurinaitis, during work hours.
“They forcefully pushed and pulled me and shoved their hands in my dress and up between my legs,” Grant said in the affidavit.
“The force caused stitches to pop on my dress, and I subsequently blacked out.”
She described in element the sexual violence she allegedly endured.
Grant alleged in an affidavit filed earlier this week in Connecticut federal court that McMahon created a job “made from scratch” particularly for her in order to gain control over her. AP
“Throughout our entire ‘relationship,’ Vince subjected me to physically violent sexual interactions with himself and others, causing both physical and mental trauma,” she alleged.
“Sex with Vince and others became so violent that I often cried and suffered physical side effects, including bleeding, swelling, bruising, and incontinence.”
In July 2021, McMahon “mercilessly” beat Grant to “prepare” her for a sexual encounter with Brock Lesnar, she alleged in the 40-page affidavit.
The beatings allegedly concerned McMahon pinning her down, dragging her around, ripping out her hair, slapping her and assaulting her with his fists, according to the submitting.
“I dealt with the physical, psychological, and emotional side effects of that beating for days afterwards,” Grant alleged.
She claimed that McMahon “continued to advertise” her as half of as “part of the deal to convince” Lesnar to signal a new contract with WWE.
Brock Lesnar was named in an affidavit filed by Grant earlier this week in Connecticut federal court. WWE via Getty Images
Her allegations embody a sick “bet” with Lesnar in which McMahon “brutalized” her with a intercourse toy.
Grant alleged that WWE President Nick Khan and former COO Brad Blum were made conscious of McMahon’s sexual conduct with her and selected to allow it rather than intervene.
She claimed the company’s response was not to shield her, but to switch her out of the legal division and place her under Laurinaitis’s supervision in Talent Relations.
She also alleged that former common counsel Brian Nurse was terminated after raising considerations about McMahon’s conduct.
Nick Khan, former president of WWE, is accused by Grant of allegedly enabling McMahon. Zuffa LLC
The Post has sought remark from WWE and its mum or dad company TKO Holdings, along with Khan, Blum, Lesnar and Laurinaitis.
McMahon resigned as CEO of WWE in 2022 and stepped down from his position at TKO in January 2024, after Grant filed her go well with.
“Mr. McMahon does not control TKO nor does he oversee the day-to-day operations of WWE,” TKO Group beforehand instructed the Associated Press. “While this matter pre-dates our TKO executive team’s tenure at the company, we take Ms. Grant’s horrific allegations very seriously and are addressing this matter internally.”
