A lawyer representing a former WWE employee who claims she was sexually abused and trafficked by Vince McMahon says the “degradation” her client has endured over the years is “exceptional.”
Anne Callis, the attorney for former WWE staffer Janelle Grant, who previously worked for nine years as a felony judge overseeing murder and sexual assault cases, said the horror her client suffered at the hands of McMahon is a huge loss for her. He said the incident could not be compared to anything he had experienced before. career.
“The sexual slavery she endured, the devastating consequences that happened to her physically and mentally as she went through this and still suffers from PTSD, she had suicidal thoughts. ” says Karis. As told by NewsNation’s Ashley Banfield..
“This is another category of depravity that she had to endure.”
Grant, who worked in the company’s legal and talent departments, said McMahon forced her to have sex with WWE icons and executives, forced her to defecate during threesomes, and named her after the wrestling star. He claimed he aggressively used the toy on her, which caused her injuries. , according to a bombshell lawsuit filed Thursday in federal court in Connecticut.
In addition to McMahon, Grant, 43, also names John Laurinaitis, the company’s former head of talent relations and general manager, in the 67-page lawsuit, which claims the two met with McMahon at WWE’s offices. He claims he took turns holding her down while he sexually assaulted her. In June 2021.
The explosive court filing follows last year’s Wall Street Journal report that WWE was investigating allegations that McMahon paid $3 million to a female employee who consensually left the company. there were.
Grant, who is not named in the report, alleges in the lawsuit that after signing the NDA, she received a $1 million installment, but no further payments.
A subsequent investigation revealed that McMahon paid $14.6 million to various women who accused him of sexual misconduct.
McMahon denied the allegations in the lawsuit, but announced Friday that he would step down as executive chairman of WWE’s parent company, TKO Group Holdings.
TKO Group, which was formed in September with the merger of UFC and WWE, said it takes the allegations seriously and is addressing them internally.
