{"id":192047,"date":"2025-02-01T12:14:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T18:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=192047"},"modified":"2025-02-03T19:20:40","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T01:20:40","slug":"janel-grants-legal-team-files-amended-lawsuit-against-wwe-vince-mcmahon-and-john-laurinaitis-with-more-details-more-names","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2025\/02\/01\/janel-grants-legal-team-files-amended-lawsuit-against-wwe-vince-mcmahon-and-john-laurinaitis-with-more-details-more-names\/","title":{"rendered":"Janel Grant&#8217;s legal team files amended lawsuit against WWE, Vince McMahon, and John Laurinaitis with more details, more names, plus McMahon attorney statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-697487149\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>An amended lawsuit has been filed by attorneys representing Janel Grant, the former WWE employee who has accused Vince McMahon of sexual misconduct in a civil lawsuit. Grant&#8217;s attorneys, in the press release, characterize McMahon&#8217;s conduct toward Grant as treating her &#8220;as a commodity to sexually abuse and offer to other men.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit now details how a special corner office was retrofitted for John Laurinaitis that included &#8220;an internal door that connected directly into Grant&#8217;s office.&#8221; The lawsuit alleges top WWE executives Nick Khan and Brad Blum were involved in the plans, seemingly unusual for executives of their rank in the company.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit now also notes that McMahon instructed Grant to create &#8220;customized pornographic content for producer Michael Hayes and his crew.&#8221; Hayes had not been mentioned by name in the previous civil suit.<\/p>\n<p>It also includes a transcript of a voice message from McMahon asking Grant to sign an NDA &#8220;&#8216;really f&#8212;in&#8217; fast&#8217; so he doesn&#8217;t get kicked out of his own &#8216;f&#8212;in&#8217; company&#8217;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE:<\/strong> Vince McMahon&#8217;s attorney issued the following statement to PWTorch shortly after this article was initially published:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;As expected, the proposed amended complaint is nothing more than the latest publicity stunt in an ongoing smear campaign. It is filled with desperate falsehoods from a team that continues to disregard the law and the truth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>-Jessica Rosenberg, attorney for Vince McMahon<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The full press release follows&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<blockquote><p><b>NEW YORK, NY \u2013<\/b> Today, attorneys for Janel Grant filed a motion to amend the complaint in her ongoing case against former WWE CEO Vince McMahon, John Laurinaitis, and WWE to provide new evidence that McMahon treated Ms. Grant as a commodity to sexually abuse and offer to other men. The proposed amended complaint, which is attached to her motion, includes never-before-seen text and voice messages from McMahon and provides new details about how McMahon coerced Ms. Grant into sexual acts through her employment at WWE.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMs. Grant\u2019s amended complaint reveals new details that further demonstrate the sexual abuse she suffered at the hands of Vince McMahon and John Laurinaitis and pulls back the curtain on the dangerous workplace culture McMahon created at WWE,\u201d said Ann Callis, attorney for Janel Grant. \u201cMs. Grant looks forward to holding her abusers accountable in a court of law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The amended complaint provides new evidence about the sexual abuse carried out by McMahon, Laurinaitis, and WWE including:<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 McMahon offered Ms. Grant to WWE Superstar Brock Lesnar for a sexual encounter during his formal negotiation of a new contract with WWE, and McMahon ordered Ms. Grant to send Lesnar sexually explicit content of herself.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 McMahon sent a text message to Ms. Grant, where he fantasizes in graphic detail about watching as a group of men are \u201csurrounding\u201d her and leaving her physically \u201cwrecked,\u201d underscoring how he viewed her as a commodity to offer to others.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 A text message from McMahon to Ms. Grant where he makes clear that only McMahon has the power to \u201carrange\u201d Ms. Grant\u2019s sexual encounters.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 An occasion where McMahon video recorded Ms. Grant while nude for Laurinaitis, without Ms. Grant\u2019s knowledge or consent.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Details about the sham investigation WWE proclaimed to conduct in 2022 after it became public that McMahon signed NDAs with multiple women, in which \u201cinvestigators\u201d refused to interview Ms. Grant.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 The transcript of a voice message from McMahon to Ms. Grant, where he attempts to coerce her into signing an NDA \u201creally f***in\u2019 fast\u201d so he doesn\u2019t get kicked out of his own \u201cf***in\u2019 company.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The initial complaint, filed in January 2024, includes a text message from McMahon to Ms. Grant where McMahon admits, \u201ci\u2019m the only one who owns U and controls who I want to f*** U.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The full amended civil lawsuit is available <a href=\"https:\/\/app.box.com\/s\/ga8rsl56mgmc9i92gt6v235rstq9bt2b\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-545483582\"><div id=\"pwtor-3476904428\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>An amended lawsuit has been filed by attorneys representing Janel Grant, the former WWE employee who has accused Vince McMahon of sexual misconduct in a civil lawsuit. 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