The previous WWE worker who allegedly was sexually abused by Vince McMahon broke her silence Friday, saying she “hopes any doors of secrecy have been blown off their hinges.”
Janel Grant claimed the wrestling mogul coerced her into having sex with wrestling stars and other WWE executives, together with more lurid allegations that including McMahon defecating on her head during a threesome and using sex toys on her that he named after wrestlers, in keeping with the lawsuit filed Thursday.
“She hopes those at the corporate past and present who fear speaking out about harm is a thing of the past,” Grant said in a press release read by her St. Louis-based attorney, Ann Callis.
“She wishes all of them peace.”
Callis relayed the statement during an interview she gave to the Law&Crime podcast, “Crime Fix with Angenette Levy.”
The interview is ready to be available for streaming on Friday evening.
The 43-year-old Grant, who lives in Stamford, Conn., filed a lawsuit Thursday.
A spokesperson for McMahon said the lawsuit was “riddled with falsehoods, baseless fabrications of events that never transpired, and a malicious distortion of the reality.”
Janel Grant, 43, has filed suit against WWE founder Vince McMahon for alleged sexual abuse.
“Mr. McMahon intends to vigorously defend himself against these allegations,” the spokesperson said.
Her lawsuit comes after the Wall Street Journal reported last 12 months that the WWE was investigating an alleged $3 million payment from McMahon to a departing female worker following a consensual affair.
Grant, who was unnamed on the time, claims she received an initial installment of $1 million but no further payments afterward, in the brand new lawsuit.
A subsequent investigation found that McMahon paid $14.6 million to several women who accused him of sexual misconduct.
McMahon has been accused within the lawsuit filed by Grant of sexual assault and sex trafficking. Getty Images
McMahon can also be alleged to have shared nude photos and explicit videos of Grant without her consent with other WWE employees, in keeping with the lawsuit.
He once locked her inside his private locker room at WWE headquarters in Stamford and compelled himself on her over a massage table, the criticism said.
The WWE boss can also be alleged to have directed Grant to have sex with other executives and a wrestling star, the lawsuit claims.
John Laurinaitis, WWE’s former head of talent relations who is known as as a defendant within the lawsuit, was allegedly recruited by McMahon to have sex with Grant.
Grant was told by McMahon to go to Laurinaitis in his hotel rooms where she had sex with him before workdays, it was alleged within the lawsuit.
Among the alleged incidents took place at WWE headquarters in Stamford, Conn. Shutterstock
In a single encounter at WWE offices in June 2021, McMahon and Laurinaitis forced themselves on her and took turns restraining her for the opposite, it was alleged within the lawsuit.
“No means yes” and “Take it, b—h” were among the many things McMahon and Laurinaitis said to Grant through the alleged assault, in keeping with the lawsuit.
In July 2021, McMahon told Grant to create sexualized content on her phone and send it to Brock Lesnar, a former UFC star whom the WWE was attempting to sign on the time.
Last July, federal law enforcement agents executed a search warrant and served a federal grand jury subpoena to McMahon, in keeping with a regulatory filing.
WWE said within the filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that while government investigations into McMahon remain ongoing, no charges have been brought against them.
McMahon allegedly defecated on Grant’s head during a threesome. Zuffa LLC
The corporate said it has received voluntary and compulsory legal demands for documents, including from federal law enforcement and regulatory agencies, regarding the investigation and related themes.
The lawsuit by Grant comes just months after WWE was acquired by Endeavor, the sports and entertainment company owned by super agent Ari Emanuel.
Endeavor and WWE together formed TKO Group, which brings the wrestling brand under the identical corporate umbrella as UFC.
“Mr. McMahon doesn’t control TKO nor does he oversee the day-to-day operations of WWE,” a TKO spokesperson told The Post on Thursday.
“While this matter pre-dates our TKO executive team’s tenure at the corporate, we take Ms. Grant’s horrific allegations very seriously and are addressing this matter internally.”
