John Laurinaitis Denies Allegations & Laurinaitis’ Lawyer Claims Laurinaitis is Victim in Vince McMahon Sex Trafficking Lawsuit

As noted before, former WWE employee Janel Grant filed a lawsuit this past Thursday against TKO Group Executive Chairman Vince McMahon accusing McMahon of committing sex trafficking and sexual abuse towards her during her time in the company. Besides McMahon, former WWE Head of Talent Relations John Laurinaitis was also named as an active participant in the lawsuit.

Laurinaitis’ lawyer Edward Brennan issued an official statement to VICE News stating that his client will be vigorously defending the allegations against himself and claimed that his client is a victim and not a perpetrator in the case.

“Mr. Laurinaitis denies the allegations in the misguided complaint and will be vigorously defending these charges in Court, not the media. Like the Plaintiff, Mr. Laurinaitis is a victim in this case, not a predator. The truth will come out.”

In response to a followup question seeking to clarify that he was indeed saying that McMahon was the predator and that Laurinaitis, like Grant, was a victim, Brennan wrote, “Read the allegations. Read the Federal Statute. Power, control, employment supervisory capacity, dictatorial sexual demands with repercussions if not met. Count how many times in the complaint Vince exerts control over both of them.”