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Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor A former employee of WWE sued founder Vince McMahon, alleging he abused and sexually exploited her when he was CEO of the wrestling-entertainment company — and that McMahon allegedly trafficked her to other men “as a pawn to secure talent deals” with prospective wrestlers the company was recruiting. The former WWE employee, Janel Grant, filed a lawsuit in U.S.
District Court for the District of Connecticut Thursday naming McMahon, WWE and former head of talent relations John Laurinaitis as defendants. The lawsuit alleges McMahon, Laurinaitis and WWE violated the Trafficking Victims Prevention Act, and includes claims of civil battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress in relation to years-long sexual and emotional abuse Grant said she endured as an employee of WWE.
The lawsuit seeks unspecified monetary damages as well as a declaratory judgment that a nondisclosure agreement Grant signed while she was a WWE employee is “void and unenforceable, and does not bar any of Plaintiff’s claims against Defendants McMahon and WWE.” A copy of the lawsuit is at this link. Reps for WWE and McMahon did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The lawsuit was filed two days after TKO Group Holdings, the parent company of WWE and UFC, inked a 10-year deal with Netflix for “Monday Night Raw” valued at $500 million per year, delivering a significant step-up in fees for the WWE franchise. Netflix reps did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the lawsuit.
McMahon stepped down as WWE’s chief executive in 2022 amid an investigation by the company’s board into alleged hush-money payments to women who accused him of sexual misconduct. McMahon returned to the company in
.Tom Sandoval‘s former assistant Ann Maddox is speaking out about the Vanderpump Rules star!
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EXCLUSIVE: Slammed by allegations of rape, defecation, sex trafficking and more, Vince McMahon is out at WWE and UFC parent company TKO Group Holdings.
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Joe Otterson TV Reporter Vince McMahon has resigned from his position as the executive chairman of the board of TKO Group Holdings, Inc., the company formed by Endeavor that merged WWE and the UFC. “I wanted to inform you that Vince McMahon has tendered his resignation from his positions as TKO Executive Chairman and on the TKO Board of Directors,” WWE president and TKO board member Nick Khan said in an email to staff seen by Variety. “He will no longer have a role with TKO Group Holdings or WWE.” McMahon’s ouster comes after former WWE employee Janel Grant filed a lawsuit against him, the company, and former WWE executive John Laurinaitis.
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Longtime WWE chairman and CEO Vince McMahon is being accused of sexually abusing and sex trafficking a former company staffer as part of a shocking new lawsuit filed on Thursday. According to reporting first by the Wall St
(Editor’s note: this post contain extremely sexually explicit details from the lawsuit against WWE founder Vince McMahon)
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