John Laurinaitis is now siding with Vince McMahon.
Edward Brennan, legal representative for John Laurinaitis, sent out the following statement announced that Laurinaitis' team has filed a motion to join Vince McMahon in compelling arbitration in the lawsuit filed by Janel Grant.
From Brennan:
“John Laurinaitis has filed a Motion today fully joining in and adopting Vince McMahon’s motion to compel arbitration. Mr. Laurinaitis corroborates Mr. McMahon in publicly declaring that Ms. Grant’s allegations of sexual abuse and coercion in her Complaint are completely unfounded. My client will fight these false allegations together with Mr. McMahon in the proper forum, arbitration.”
Jessica T. Rosenberg, the attorney for Vince McMahon gave the following statement to Wrestlenomics:
“In January 2024, Ms. Grant, a 43-year-old with a law degree, who was in love with Mr. McMahon and devastated by their break-up, filed an outrageous and false lawsuit to ruin Mr. McMahon’s career and reputation. Now, her false allegations are slowly unraveling. Today, Mr. Laurinaitis’ attorney confirmed his client will corroborate Mr. McMahon’s account and expose the lies within the Complaint. Despite their intense efforts, Ms. Grant’s attorneys won’t be able to suppress the truth from coming out.”
On January 25, a lawsuit was filed by Janel Grant against Vince McMahon, WWE and former executive John Laurinaitis. The lawsuit accuses McMahon of sex trafficking, emotional abuse, and sexual assault.
On February 1, Laurinaitis denied the allegations and claimed he was a victim.
McMahon filed a motion to compel arbitration on April 23 and argued, "Plaintiff and Defendant (collectively, the “Parties”) engaged in a consensual relationship during which Defendant never coerced Plaintiff into doing anything and never mistreated her in any way." The filing argued that the Plaintiff violated agreement of the parties, which led to the Defendant withholding payments.
A motion was filed by grant to strike McMahon's preliminary statement in his filing.
Fightful will continue to update readers on the lawsuit as it unfolds.
