Dr. Carlon Colker and his Peak Wellness clinic have asked the Connecticut Superior Court to dismiss Janel Grant’s effort to obtain evidence from him.
A filing was made on Thursday with the request (via Brandon Thurston of POST Wrestling)
Colker’s attorneys contend they have already provided Grant’s team with electronic copies of the medical and billing records she’s seeking. Colker’s attorneys provided the court with copies of emails they sent to Grant’s counsel when they shared the records to help support his claim.
From POST:
Attorney for Janel Grant, Ann Callis of the Holland Law Firm, said in a statement to POST Wrestling that the defendants are still holding onto records to avoid being sued.
“By his own admission, Dr. Colker’s filing today all but confirms they have withheld the requested records for fear they could lead to further legal action against him,” Callis said. “Ms. Grant deserves answers, and we respectfully ask the court to compel Dr. Colker and Peak Wellness to provide her with long overdue clarity.”
The defendants argue Grant isn’t using the petition to file a lawsuit in state court, and that violates state law. Based on her complaint, the defendants say Grant is trying to sue the doctor and the clinic in federal court.
“This is not a violation of Judge Meyer’s stay,” Colker’s legal team stated in the filing, “it is an effort to evade Connecticut’s requirement that bills of discovery… must be brought for the purpose of litigation in Connecticut Superior Court.”
“All that Grant would have to do to avoid dismissal on this ground would be to acknowledge, forthrightly and unconditionally, that she will use whatever information she obtains in this proceeding in an action that she will bring in the Connecticut Superior Court,” Colker’s attorneys wrote. “She cannot truthfully do so. A review of the eight categories of information she seeks to discover here, when read in light of the summary of her allegations relating to her federal action… makes clear that this action is joined at the hip with her federal action.”
Grant's lawsuit against Vince McMahon, WWE, and John Laurinaitis was stayed in June at the request of U.S. Attorneys from the Southern District of New York. McMahon is reportedly under criminal investigation for sexual assault and sex trafficking claims
On July 16th, lawyers for former WWE employee Janel Grant filed a pre-action discovery petition against Dr. Carlon Colker and Peak Wellness, Inc. Grant claims that she was sent to the clinic under the direction of Vince McMahon in November 2019 and received treatments that weren't disclosed to her, including pills and I.V. infusions.
Colker denied any improper treatment and cited numerous damages to his name and reputation from the accusations.
Readers can find Grant's opposition and the evidence she is pursuing here.
Janel Grant, a former WWE employee, filed a lawsuit in January against Vince McMahon, WWE, and John Laurinaitis. The lawsuit accuses McMahon of sexual assault and sex trafficking. On May 30, Grant agreed to pause the lawsuit for six months while the federal investigation continued against McMahon, who resigned from TKO/WWE following the lawsuit being filed.
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