The lawsuit filed by Janel Grant against Vince McMahon, WWE, and John Laurinaitis has been paused.
Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer has officially put Janel Grant’s lawsuit against WWE, Vince McMahon, and John Laurinaitis on hold, pending a federal investigation.
On May 30, Grant agreed to pause the lawsuit while the federal investigation continued.
The case will be paused for six months.
“Mr. McMahon is eager to prove Ms. Grant’s claims are false and expose her lies, but did not object to the government’s request to pause the matter in connection with the investigation regarding disclosures at WWE,” a spokesperson for McMahon told Wrestlenomics in a new comment Tuesday evening. “Following the six-month stay, when his legal team is able to get discovery and depose Ms. Grant and others, the evidence will show the relationship was consensual and Ms. Grant’s allegations are malicious fabrications of a jilted lover.”
As part of the pause, the motion to compel arbitration by the defendants' has been denied "without prejudice," meaning the motions can be renewed when the case resumes. Grant’s motion to strike a portion of McMahon’s earlier filing was also denied as moot.
The defendants argued that the dispute should move to private arbitration, citing details in the nondisclosure agreement Grant and McMahon signed in January 2022.
It was reported in February by the Wall Street Journal that McMahon was under federal investigation for sexual assault and sex trafficking. Grant filed her lawsuit against McMahon, WWE, and Laurinaitis on January 25.
