Vince McMahon Sex Trafficking & Abuse Lawsuit Update – Janel Grant Files Memorandum Revealing New Details in Allegations Against McMahon, Nick Khan, John Laurinatis, WWE, & Brock Lesnar

As noted before, former WWE employee Janel Grant filed a lawsuit in January of 2024 against former WWE/TKO Executive Chairman Vince McMahon accusing McMahon of committing sex trafficking and sexual abuse towards her during her time in the company. Grant filed a new amended lawsuit this past February detailing new evidence and claims against McMahon, WWE, and others. Grant had also a filed petition against a WWE Wellness doctor named Carlon Colker and his clinic in July of 2024 for medical records related to her lawsuit, which was court ordered to be released this past August.

Fightful’s Jeremy Lambert reported that Grant had filed a new memorandum on April 1st before The United States District Court of Connecticut opposing the motions recently filed by McMahon and WWE in her lawsuit against both parties.

This new filing revealed additional details in Grant’s allegations against McMahon, WWE President Nick Khan, former WWE Head of Talent Relations John Laurinatis, Brock Lesnar, and WWE itself.

In the filing, Grant stated that that McMahon told her that he had informed Khan and former WWE COO Brad Blum in private of the nature of his relationship with Grant in March of 2021. The filing also stated that McMahon had also told her that former WWE general counsel Brad Nurse had raised concerns about the relationship and that it was “handled.”

“Vince then informed me that he had spoken privately with Nick Khan and Brad Blum during which he formally disclosed the sexual nature of his relationship with me. He said they expressed concern and one questioned whether I could be trusted. Vince told me he provided them with assurances about my loyalty, character, that I would never do something to hurt WWE, and that I ‘would sooner jump off the balcony than hurt anyone.’ He told me that, with these assurances, Nick and Brad were ultimately supportive.”

“Vince revealed that he and WWE leadership determined that I was a corporate liability. He then told me that they needed me to leave the legal department immediately as my presence had affected their ability to hire a new General Counsel.

To explain this, he revealed that the former General Counsel, Brian Nurse, had highly suspected or knew about Vince’s sexual relationship with me, and he brought it to the attention of Vince’s office during a meeting with Brad. As a result, Vince then flicked his wrist and stated it was ‘handled.‘

I understood this to mean that the General Counsel had identified Vince’s conduct with me as a liability to the Executive Office and was subsequently terminated.”

Grant also claimed that she was to “serve herself as breakfast” to Laurinatis in his hotel room and how McMahon responded threatening her after she had informed him about the failed attempt.

“I saw no way out of this, between Vince, Nick, Brad, Johnny, and the corporate plan that dealt with me, followed by Vince’s instructions to walk to my new boss’s hotel room (that WWE paid for) to sexually serve myself to him as ‘breakfast.’ Weeks later, around the beginning of April, I found myself in such immense emotional and physical pain that I attempted suicide.”

“When I told Vince about the failed attempt, and that I was lucky to be alive, he responded with a voice memo telling me what to do: ‘Go knock on Johnny’s door in the morning, Ok I’ll talk to you later I hope. Ok. Bye.’ In line with Vince’s instruction, I again walked to Johnny’s hotel room the next morning to serve myself to him as ‘breakfast.’ I was instructed to do this on at least five occasions, and I felt I had no other choice.”

Grant also claimed that she was encouraged by McMahon to “congratulate” a WWE superstar and keep her relationship with Brock Lesnar in tact even after signing her NDA with McMahon.

“On February 14, 2022, Vince gifted me a large flower bouquet and scripted a moment on that night’s live episode of RAW involving a talent that Vince had encouraged me to have sex with. The next day, Vince followed up and texted, “Why don’t you congratulate him?” I told Vince I was confused about the scope of the NDA, particularly regarding who I was allowed to talk to.

“I asked whether I should still be texting with Brock, and Vince confirmed that we were moving forward with his planned sexual encounter between me and Brock as expected in New York City, and as part of a special booking at a live event at Madison Square Garden on March 5. Vince even sent an all-caps reply, “YES.”

“On March 2, 2022, I had a long and erratic call with Vince. He indicated that we should not speak for a while and told me we would resume contact and sex after WrestleMania. He also identified who I was expected to engage sexually with in the meantime, approved of me calling him for “one emergency call” related to a pending job application, and told me to call Nick and Brad if I needed assistance with anything.

“After my March 2nd call with Vince, Brock and I continued to exchange texts. Brock said that he was in New York City and asked questions related to my location. In accordance with Vince’s prior demands, I texted Brock explicit content to appease him. Brock continued to contact me through March 27, 2022, two months after the NDA was signed.”

In regards to Lesnar, Grant claimed that McMahon once “mercilessly” beat her to “prepare” her for what it would be like to have sex with Lesnar. Grant also claimed in another instance, McMahon allegedly used a sex toy on her and told her that he would later send it to Lesnar. Grant stated that it is unclear if McMahon ever actually did.

Grant also stated that Lesnar knew about her position in WWE amid their sexual contact and became enraged after she had told him about her work with Talent Relations.

“Brock told me that he was already aware that I worked for WWE … When I began to talk about Talent Relations, he suddenly reacted with rage, expressing both that he hates Talent Relations, especially Johnny, and that he thought I was working in the legal department.”