Vince McMahon sexually assaulted former WWE employee using black and white dildo and named sex toys after WWE wrestlers according to race, employee claims in explosive human trafficking lawsuit insisted.
According to the complaint, Janelle Grant, 43, claimed that McMahon and another WWE executive took turns sexually assaulting her at WWE headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut, where McMahon worked.
“Notably, McMahon was most aggressive when he used certain sex toys named after male WWE wrestlers and performers,” Grant's attorney said Thursday in a statement from the Connecticut said in a lawsuit filed in federal court.
According to the complaint, McMahon “named the sex toys so that the color of the toy matched the race of the wrestler.”
The complaint alleges that the black dildos “are named after African-American wrestlers, and the white 'dildos' are named after white wrestlers.”
Grant claimed that McMahon physically harmed her using his fists, other objects, and sex toys.
Grant's lawyers said the habit was “another gradual step in desensitizing him to his fantasies and eventually leading to his requests for sexual acts.” [him] and/or have sexual contact with any other person within WWE. ”
The graphic 67-page lawsuit filed by Ms. Grant, who worked in the company's legal and talent departments, alleges that Mr. McMahon, now 78, forced her into sexual relations in order to get and keep her job, and took pornographic pictures of her. It also includes allegations that he distributed images. She sent her videos to other men, including other WWE employees.
McMahon has denied the allegations, but resigned as CEO of WWE in 2022 amid an investigation into allegations consistent with the lawsuit.
Grant also names WWE and the company's former head of talent relations and general manager John Laurinaitis as defendants in the suit.
“Ms. Grant hopes her lawsuit will prevent other women from being victimized,” her attorney Anne Callis said in a statement. “The organization is well aware of Mr. McMahon's history of corrupt behavior, and the time has come to hold the organization's leadership accountable for its misconduct.”
WWE's parent company, TKO Group, released a statement saying it takes the allegations seriously.
“Mr. McMahon does not manage TKO and does not oversee the day-to-day operations of WWE,” TKO Group said in a statement.
“While this matter predates the tenure of our TKO management team, we take Mr. Grant's horrific allegations very seriously and are addressing this matter internally.”
McMahon lived in the same building as Grant and offered to offer Grant a job with WWE after his parents died in 2019, according to the complaint.
She claims that he eventually revealed that one of the job requirements was physical contact with him and later with Laurinaitis and others.
Over the next few years, Mr. McMahon lavished her with gifts, including a luxury car, the complaint says.
McMahon also alleges that in 2021, he offered one of his star wrestlers (who is not named in the lawsuit) sex with Grant as a bonus.
“WWE benefited financially from the commercial sex enterprise orchestrated by McMahon, including forcing wrestling talent, including WWE Superstars, to sign new contracts with WWE after McMahon presented Plaintiffs as sexual products.” ” the complaint states.
Grant is asking for unspecified monetary damages and for the court to void a $3 million non-disclosure agreement, of which she claims she only received $1 million.
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