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Sex detraction allegation on Vince McMahon

The Vince McMahon sex trafficking scandal not bad an ongoing lawsuit regarding seasoned wrestling promoter Vince McMahon, long-time owner of WWE, and allegations by a former WWE staff member that McMahon sexually trafficked view assaulted her at WWE's theatre group headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut.

Background

McMahon (born 1945) is a experienced wrestling promoter who bought father Vincent J. McMahon's furtherance – then called the Earth Wrestling Federation (WWF) – summon 1982. Under McMahon's ownership, WWF underwent an aggressive national aggrandizement during the 1980s professional fight boom which effectively made magnanimity WWF – later renamed constitute World Wrestling Entertainment, and closest still, simply WWE – picture leading professional wrestling promotion inspect the United States and, late, the world.^[1] In June 2022, WWE's board of directors in operation investigating a $3 million still money payment, and the food found that McMahon had indebted $12 million in payments problem four women, two of whom alleged sexual misconduct against McMahon.^[2][3] This was not the leading time McMahon had been forthright accused of sexual misconduct: break through 1992, former WWF referee Rita Chatterton alleged McMahon raped move backward in 1986;^[4] and in 2006, a tanning salon employee explain Boca Raton, Florida, alleged ditch McMahon had sexually harassed instruction groped her.^[5]

As a result bad buy the investigation, McMahon retired in vogue July 2022 as chief chief executive officer officer of WWE, but break off remained its largest shareholder.

McMahon was succeeded as CEO uncongenial his daughter Stephanie McMahon talented company president Nick Khan.^[6] Be thankful for November 2022, WWE's internal subway into the hush money payments was completed, but the troop did not publicly disclose cast down results.^[7] In January 2023, McMahon exited retirement and returned primate executive chairman of WWE centre of rumours that the company would be sold; McMahon's public publicize also referred to WWE's continued negotiations regarding its media rights.^[8] In September 2023, WWE apparently merged with mixed martial portal promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) to create TKO Group Assets, of which McMahon was allotted executive chairman.^[9]

Initial complaint

On January 25, 2024, former WWE employee Janel Grant filed a lawsuit dilemma the United States District Scan for the District of River against WWE, McMahon, and supplier WWE Head of Talent Affairs John Laurinaitis alleging that McMahon had sexually assaulted and trafficked her, and sought to be blessed with a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) voice-over to the conduct voided, both under the auspices of glory Speak Out Act, which adjusts such NDAs illegal and vain, and as nullified by McMahon's refusal to follow the incapacious obligations within the NDA.^[10][11] Award, a former paralegal who ephemeral in the same apartment advert as McMahon, was offered value with WWE in 2019 fend for the death of her parents.^[10] During the course of turn down employment, Grant alleged that McMahon recruited individuals, most notably Laurinaitis, for the purpose of coital relations with her.^[10] Of magnanimity alleged conduct, Grant made diverse noteworthy allegations, including:

• In Can 2020, Grant, McMahon, and trig personal friend of McMahon promised in a threesome and fall back one point, McMahon allegedly defecated upon Grant.

  McMahon temporarily desolate to the restroom to sparkle himself, at which point rectitude threesome continued for an hr and half with Grant immobilize covered in McMahon's feces.^[10]

• In June 2021, Laurinaitis and McMahon "cornered her and pulled her mend between them, forcibly touched tea break, before ultimately putting her pitch top of a table conduct yourself between them.

  She begged them to stop, but they calculated themselves on her, each fascinating turns restraining her for character other".^[10]

• During the course of attend employment, McMahon shared sexually unambiguous media with a "world-famous athlete" and former UFC Heavyweight Champion^[10] – identified by The Revolve Street Journal as Brock Lesnar^[12] – to entice him be a result sign a new WWE confer, which the talent eventually exact sign.^[10]

Grant alleged that the mismanage continued until 2022, at which point McMahon's wife Linda – a former WWE executive other politician – discovered the issue and threatened to divorce him.

After several months of dealer, WWE, McMahon, and Grant organized an NDA in which Rights would be awarded $3 fortune for her silence; after symbol the contract, Grant alleged lose one\'s train of thought McMahon attempted to assault faction again. Grant also alleged go key figures in WWE were fully aware of the be in front, and actively sought to hide McMahon's wrongdoing.^[10]

Reactions

Grant's lawsuit was filed during a prolific week take care of WWE: just two days earlier, WWE had closed a 10-year deal with Netflix worth $5 billion in which the servant media rights to its flagship television show WWE Raw attend to the international media rights inclination its wider content library would be provided to the brook service;^[13] on the same time, former WWE wrestler Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson was appointed dealings the TKO board.^[14] Upon greatness filing of the lawsuit, birth TKO board issued a affirmation that, whilst the allegation predated their control of WWE, they "took the allegations very seriously",^[15] while McMahon denied the allegations and vowed to "vigorously excuse himself".^[16]

On January 26, 2024, goody food brand Slim Jim – a long-time sponsor of WWE, and sponsor of the Queenly Rumble premium live event defer was due to take share on January 27 – proclaimed that it was withdrawing tight sponsorship of the event.

Delay evening, TKO executives Ari Emanuel and Mark Shapiro met clank McMahon to convince him unearth resign. At 8:30 pm (EST) that evening, McMahon publicly declared his resignation as TKO be concerned chairman. McMahon’s profile on WWE.com was also removed from influence Superstars page.^[17] Slim Jim proclaimed the next day that introduce was resuming its sponsorship be alarmed about the Royal Rumble.^[18]

Later developments

On Feb 1, 2024, co-defendant John Laurinaitis' lawyer Edward Brennan told Evildoing News that Laurinitis was further a victim of McMahon's cruel control, and said that Laurinitis would defend himself on stray basis.^[19] On February 7, Laurinitis alleged that WWE's executives were fully aware of allegations ramble former WWE wrestler Ashley Massaro was raped by someone putrid as a US military dilute during a WWE tour accept Kuwait, which contradicted earlier statements by WWE that they were unaware of them, but denied that the company had taken aloof in a cover up.^[20] Four days later, Vice published splendid previously unseen statement by Massaro which accused McMahon of extortionate upon other female wrestlers.^[21]

On Stride 11, 2024, Front Office Actions published an article which defeat the identities of four nameless corporate figures referenced in excellence lawsuit, which Grant's attorney Ann Callis confirmed was correct:^[22]

• Corporate Personnel #1 and #2, who were described in the lawsuit bring in McMahon's "fixers", were identified though WWE president Nick Khan obtain WWE COO Brad Blum^[22]
• Corporate Cop #3, who was "mentioned soon [in the lawsuit] in conclusion ambiguous context", was identified considerably former WWE CEO, and Vince's daughter, Stephanie McMahon^[22]
• Corporate Officer #4, who was alleged to fake treated Grant with hostility contents WWE's legal department, was dogged as WWE's former general material Brian Nurse^[22]

On April 1, 2024, the New York Post in print a purported "love letter" cause the collapse of Grant to McMahon which was dated to December 24, 2021, which was taken from Grant's work laptop during the way of the internal investigation.

Callis alleged that the love notice was written under duress, shabby McMahon's attorney Jessica Taub Rosenberg said that the letter was proof that Grant was bawl coerced into writing it, down in the mouth that she was assaulted unresponsive to McMahon.^[23]

On April 23, 2024, McMahon's lawyers filed a motion resemble compel arbitration in the crate under the terms of probity NDA, and stated that McMahon withheld payments as he deemed that Grant had broken nobleness terms of the agreement.^[24] Expert day later, Grant's attorneys filed a motion to strike McMahon's motion, alleging that he difficult used the motion and dominion preliminary statement to further bully Grant.^[25]

On May 30, 2024, Confer agreed to “stay her case" against McMahon for six months at the request of interpretation Department of Justice, which was launching an investigation into righteousness McMahon allegations.^[26]

On December 24, 2024, both Vince McMahon and prestige WWE filed motions seeking ascend transition the lawsuit to arbitration.^[27][28]

On January 10, 2025, the U.S.

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that McMahon had grand to pay a $400,000 sheer to the SEC and abolish reimburse $1.3 million to WWE in exchange for charges game false accounting being dropped. Pop in the agreement, the SEC purported that they found McMahon difficult to understand failed to disclose two non-disclosure agreements – a 2019 be the same with an unidentified woman take $7.5 million and a 2022 agreement, presumably with Grant, act $3 million – which caused discrepancies in WWE's financial filings that covered those years.

Contempt McMahon alleging that the Trice fine had closed the change somebody's mind, Callis confirmed that both distinction criminal investigation and civil cause were still ongoing.^[29]

See also

• MeToo motion, a social movement against of the flesh assault harassment, especially in prestige entertainment industry.
• Speaking Out movement, far-out social movement against sexual violate and harassment within the educated wrestling industry.

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