Vince McMahon Sex Trafficking Lawsuit Update – Judge Grants Janel Grant Access to Peak Wellness Medical Records & Documents But Denies Depositions Request

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. Besides McMahon, WWE and former WWE Head of Talent Relations John Laurinaitis were also named defendants in the lawsuit. Grant filed a new amended lawsuit this past February detailing new evidence and claims against McMahon, Laurinaitis, WWE, and others. Grant’s lawyers had filed petition against a WWE Wellness doctor named Carlon Colker and his clinic in July of 2024 for medical records related to her lawsuit.

Post Wrestling and Wrestlenomics’ Brandon Thurston reported that Judge David Bothwell issued a ruling during a livestreamed remote court hearing on Monday in the Connecticut Superior Court ordering the release of Grant’s medical records from Dr. Colker and his clinic Peak Wellness.

Bothwell reportedly also rejected Grant’s request to depose Colker and his staff for now.

In regards to the deposition requests, Bothwell stated that testimony under oath could be taken later if Grant ultimately files a lawsuit against Colker or his Peak Wellness Clinic. Bothwell also stated that Connecticut case law allows pre-suit depositions only when a witness might become unavailable for certain reasons and he found no such urgency here.

Thurston reported that Colker’s side continued to assert that the medical and billing records have already been turned over while Grant’s lawyers claim what was provided so far is still incomplete and inconsistent or possibly altered.

Thurston also reported that the judge’s order covers not only medical and billing records but also certain communications between the clinic and McMahon or WWE. Defense lawyer Frank Silvestri reportedly had signaled he would challenge the communications requests and Bothwell responded stating that the court would consider those objections.

Frank Silvestri – “Certainly a number of [the document requests] seem to us to be totally unrelated to what they would need to bring a lawsuit against [Colker and the clinic]. Does your honor’s ruling preclude us from asserting any objections?”

Judge David Bothwell – “No. I’m going to grant the motion. As you go through, if you have specific objections, you can obviously raise those objections. I’m going to say that the medical records — you certainly can file an objection, but the medical records are going to be turned over. Now, with regard to the communications [records], specific objections to that, those will be entertained. But in terms of the medical records, the court is going to order that those be turned over.”

Silvestri – “We’ll produce [the medical records again]. We’ll look and see if there’s anything else that might be considered as a medical record.”

Thurston reported that Bothwell also clarified that billing records related to Grant’s medical records should also be turned over to Grant’s legal team.

Bothwell also had stated that the dispute over medical and billing records may stem from a misunderstanding about the clinic’s billing process and had urged the sides to work it out without further court intervention.