New court documents have revealed even more disturbing details in the ongoing lawsuit against Vince McMahon and WWE. In a filing on April 1, Janel Grant shared claims that suggest high-level executives knew much more about her situation than previously thought.
According to Grant, McMahon told her back in 2021 that he had officially disclosed their sexual relationship to WWE President Nick Khan and then-COO Brad Blum. She alleges that while they were worried about whether she could be trusted, they eventually became supportive after McMahon promised them she was loyal to the company.
Grant claimed that a former lawyer for WWE, Brian Nurse, raised red flags about the relationship. McMahon allegedly told her the situation was handled, and Nurse was fired shortly after.
Janel says leadership viewed her as a corporate liability and forced her out of the legal department because her presence made it hard for them to hire new staff:
“Vince then informed me that he had spoken privately with Nick Khan and Brad Blum during which he formally disclosed the sexual nature of his relationship with me. He said they expressed concern and one questioned whether I could be trusted. Vince told me he provided them with assurances about my loyalty, character, that I would never do something to hurt WWE, and that I ‘would sooner jump off the balcony than hurt anyone.’ He told me that, with these assurances, Nick and Brad were ultimately supportive.
Vince revealed that he and WWE leadership determined that I was a corporate liability. He then told me that they needed me to leave the legal department immediately as my presence had affected their ability to hire a new General Counsel.
To explain this, he revealed that the former General Counsel, Brian Nurse, had highly suspected or knew about Vince’s sexual relationship with me, and he brought it to the attention of Vince’s office during a meeting with Brad. As a result, Vince then flicked his wrist and stated it was ‘handled.’
I understood this to mean that the General Counsel had identified Vince’s conduct with me as a liability to the Executive Office and was subsequently terminated.”
In some of the most graphic parts of the filing, Grant alleged she was ordered to go to John Laurinaitis’ hotel room to sexually serve herself to him as “breakfast.”
The emotional pain became so great that Grant said she attempted suicide in April 2021. When she told McMahon she was lucky to be alive, he allegedly responded with a voice memo telling her to go back to Laurinaitis’ room the very next morning:
“I saw no way out of this, between Vince, Nick, Brad, Johnny, and the corporate plan that dealt with me, followed by Vince’s instructions to walk to my new boss’s hotel room (that WWE paid for) to sexually serve myself to him as ‘breakfast.’ Weeks later, around the beginning of April, I found myself in such immense emotional and physical pain that I attempted suicide.
When I told Vince about the failed attempt, and that I was lucky to be alive, he responded with a voice memo telling me what to do: ‘Go knock on Johnny’s door in the morning, Ok I’ll talk to you later I hope. Ok. Bye.’ In line with Vince’s instruction, I again walked to Johnny’s hotel room the next morning to serve myself to him as ‘breakfast.’ I was instructed to do this on at least five occasions, and I felt I had no other choice.”
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