A former WWE employee filed a federal lawsuit Thursday accusing executive Vince McMahon and another former executive of serious sexual misconduct, including offering her to a star wrestler for sex.
Grant also names as defendants in the lawsuit the WWE and John Laurinaitis, the company's former head of talent relations and general manager.
McMahon does not control TKO nor does he oversee the day-to-day operations of WWE," TKO Group said in a statement.
According to the lawsuit, McMahon lived in the same building as Grant and in 2019 offered to get her a job at WWE after her parents died.
“WWE benefited financially from the commercial sex act venture orchestrated by McMahon, including by having wrestling talent, such as WWE Superstar, sign new contracts with WWE after McMahon presented Plaintiff as a sexual commodity for their use,” the lawsuit states.
Persons:
Vince McMahon, Janel Grant, McMahon, Grant, John Laurinaitis, Ann Callis, ”, “ Mr, Laurinaitis, McMahon lavished, —
Organizations:
WWE, AP, “ WWE, World Wrestling Federation, Holdings
Locations:
U.S, Connecticut