As we previously reported here on eWn, Vince McMahon is being sued by Janel Grant, one of the women who received a payout during the 2022 ‘hush money’ scandal.
A full copy of the legal complaint filed by Grant against McMahon is now available via NBC Rhode Island affiliate WJAR.
In terms of the other allegations named in the legal complaint, Grant has alleged that McMahon began sharing explicit photographs and videos of her with other men inside and outside of WWE, including members of the television production “tech” team, producers, executives, and “a world-famous athlete and former UFC Heavyweight Champion” whom WWE was actively trying to sign to a new deal (and ultimately did sign). That person is obviously Brock Lesnar.
The complaint also describes a situation where Grant was being used as a “sexual pawn” to entice a “World-Famous Wrestling Talent” to remain under contract with WWE.
The complaint states that McMahon recruited the unnamed WWE Superstar for a “sexual encounter” with Grant while she was appointed as a coordinator in the legal department.
In July 2021, McMahon allegedly informed Grant that she would be used as a “playmate” for this particular WWE Superstar.
The legal filing also alleges that despite promising ‘reputational protection’ to the plaintiff, “WWE appears to have leaked information that led to the public disclosure of her name by a media blogger who cited ‘a source in #WWE with direct knowledge of the situation.” This was an intimidation tactic by WWE against Ms. Grant. The blogger in question appears to be Brad Shepard.
Citing an example of Vince 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 shower off.”
In June 2021, according to the complaint, McMahon and John Laurinaitis “sexually assaulted Ms. Grant inside Laurinaitis’ office” at WWE’s Stamford, Conn., headquarters. The legal filing states, “Behind a locked door, the two men cornered her and pulled her in between them, forcibly touched her, before ultimately putting her on top of a table in between them. She begged them to stop, but they forced themselves on her, each taking turns restraining her for the other, while saying ‘No means yes’ and ‘Take it, b*tch.’”
The lawsuit also states that once Vince’s wife, Linda McMahon found out about the relationship, Grant was allegedly pressured to resign from WWE after “years of emotional and sexual abuse/manipulation by Mr. McMahon.“
Grant was forced to sign the NDA days before “a major financial deadline” for WWE.
Grant has alleged that she signed the NDA under the guise that McMahon would offer her financial and reputational protection and also pay her $3 million.
Additionally, the complaint features several incredibly graphic text messages that Vince McMahon allegedly set to Grant. You can read some of those below – but again – they’re extremely graphic in nature.