Janel Grant’s legal team has filed a response to Vince McMahon.
On January 25th, former WWE employee Janel Grant filed a lawsuit that accused Vince McMahon of sex trafficking and multiple counts of sexual misconduct. The disturbing allegations led to McMahon resigning from all executive roles within WWE and TKO Holdings while denying the allegations.
On Tuesday, April 23rd, Vince McMahon filed a motion that alleged “complete falsehoods” in the lawsuit and argued that the terms of the NDA signed in 2022 stated that any future disputes would be settled in arbitration as opposed to in a court of law.
McMahon also claimed that the relationship between himself and Grant was consensual and the shocking contents of the lawsuit were “statements intended for publicity.”
On April 24th, a new motion was filed by Grant’s team that requested that McMahon’s “inflammatory lies” be stricken:
Plaintiff Janel Grant (“Janel”) respectfully requests that the Court exercise its inherent power to strike the inflammatory lies made in Defendant Vincent K. McMahon’s (“McMahon”) memorandum of law in support of his motion to compel arbitration, filed April 23, 2024, ECF No. 30-1 (the “Motion”).1 Instead of using his Motion in the appropriate manner—to raise legal arguments concerning whether this dispute must be submitted to arbitration—McMahon instead uses the Motion’s “Preliminary Statement” as a platform to launch vicious falsehoods attacking Janel’s moral character in a transparent attempt to harass and intimidate her into submission.
McMahon’s easily refuted lies have no place in this case. It was not necessary, reasonable, or responsible to use a public filing to impugn Janel’s moral character. Indeed, McMahon’s desperate attempt to distract from the legal substance of the Motion highlight its weakness and the weakness of his overall case.
This Court has inherent power to strike a parties’ filings. Accordingly, Janel respectfully requests that the Court exercise that power to strike the Motion’s “Preliminary Statement” in its entirety and admonish McMahon and his counsel that such statements have no place in civil litigation.
Vince McMahon’s Lawyer Responds To New Motion
Following the filing of the motion, McMahon’s lawyer Jessica T. Rosenberg sent the following response to Post Wrestling:
Plaintiff had no right to bring this case in a public court but did so anyway. Now that she chose this public forum to falsely accuse Mr. McMahon, she wants to silence his ability to respond. She can’t have it both ways.
In May 2024, Vince McMahon’s attorney has responded to this request.