Vince McMahon Sued By Ex-WWE Employee Who Claims He Sex Trafficked Her At Work

A former WWE worker is suing Vince McMahon … claiming he repeatedly sexually assaulted her, intercourse trafficked her — after which paid her off to remain quiet about all of it.

The disturbing allegations have been made by Janel Grant in a lawsuit filed on Thursday in a federal courtroom in Connecticut.

Within the go well with, Grant says she met McMahon again in 2019 … at a time when she was at all-time low. She says her dad and mom had simply died … and she or he was struggling to search out work.

Nonetheless, she says after being launched to McMahon by a mutual pal, he promised to get her a gig within the WWE.

However, based on the go well with, as McMahon was discovering her an entry-level position in his firm … he slowly started to make use of his “life-changing promises” to coerce her into sexual acts.

Grant says simply after she was advised she had a “legal administrator-coordinator” job with a wage of $75,000 inside McMahon’s wrestling org. … he “trapped her in an impossible situation.” She alleges she “feared adverse career and personal consequences and legal retaliation if she declined his advances” — and started to interact in what she known as nonconsensual sexual exercise with him.

Grant stated within the go well with the job she had been given required little work. In truth, based on the lawsuit, she was assigned a further position in McMahon’s XFL to assist fill her time.

Grant, although, claims in her go well with McMahon abruptly stopped referring to her as a pal … and “largely stopped talking to [her] outside of sexting and fantasy talk.” She alleges he compelled her to ship him specific footage, a few of which she says he would share with others within the WWE. A short while later, she says he recruited different males and started intercourse trafficking her.

She says in Could 2020, McMahon organized a threesome together with her and her bodily therapist … telling her “he would lose a friendship if she did not go through with it.” She claims within the go well with that throughout the encounter, he defecated on her head however made her proceed to carry out intercourse acts with the 2 whereas she was coated in feces. She alleges within the days following, he texted her “i’m the only one who owns U and controls who I want to f*** U.”

A number of months later, the go well with states, McMahon recruited John Laurinaitis — a former WWE famous person who was on the time a high-ranking exec within the firm — “to join them.”

Grant claims McMahon pressed her to ship specific footage to Laurinaitis. In December 2020, she says McMahon organized for her to have a threesome with Laurinaitis as nicely.

She says within the months afterward, she was moved to the WWE’s expertise relations division, the place she reported to Laurinaitis. As soon as that transfer occurred, she said in her go well with that there was an expectation from each McMahon and Laurinaitis “that she engage with Laurinaitis sexually, both physically and with explicit content.”

In her go well with, Grant says she was directed to “serve herself to [Laurinaitis] as ‘breakfast'” at a close-by resort earlier than the beginning of their work day. She additionally claims McMahon texted her, “On days when he’s in town, I want him to f*** U every morning and later In the office too.”

She says the preparations left her “miserable and enraged,” however “in her years of experience with McMahon, she knew her requests to stop would be ignored at best or used to destroy her career and reputation at worst.”

Grant said in her go well with that in June 2021, McMahon and Laurinaitis raped her in Laurinaitis’ workplace. She says on the outset of the encounter, she advised them “No, no, no” and “Please stop,” however claims McMahon advised her, “Take it, bitch.”

Grant says every week later, McMahon compelled himself on her once more over a therapeutic massage desk at WWE’s headquarters … earlier than giving her $15,000 in Bloomingdale’s reward playing cards.

Grant additionally alleged in her go well with that McMahon used her to assist him signal a WWE Famous person. The go well with describes the expertise as “a world-famous athlete and former UFC Heavyweight Champion.” The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday this was Brock Lesnar.

Within the go well with, Grant claims McMahon ordered her to create “personalized sexual content” for the WWE Famous person. She additionally says he marketed “a sexual encounter with her” to the wrestler whereas making an attempt to barter a brand new reserving contract.

Finally, Grant claims in her go well with McMahon distanced himself from her in January 2022 … claiming his spouse, Linda McMahon, had came upon about their relationship. Grant says all of it led to McMahon’s request that she signal a non-disclosure settlement.

Within the lawsuit, Grant says she agreed to be paid $3 million to signal the NDA … however she claims that after receiving $1 million, McMahon did not make additional funds.

Grant says she’s been traumatized from the entire ordeal and is now in search of unspecified damages … in addition to for a decide to invalidate her NDA.