In January, former WWE employee Janel Grant filed a lawsuit against Vince McMahon, WWE and ohn Laurinaitis accusing McMahon of sexual assault and sex trafficking.
McMahon resigned from his position as TKO executive chairman and as a member of the board of directors. He still has shares in the company, but has sold the majority of his shares since resigning.
Speaking to Alex Sherman of CNBC, TKO President Mark Shapiro was asked about if he still hears from Vince.
"I had breakfast with him a few weeks ago, just to check in, it's been a long time. Haven't heard from him at all. Obviously, the series on Netflix came out. I wanted to see kind of where he was. He couldn't have been more cooperative. He couldn't have been nicer. He was a total pro at breakfast. It's a one on one get together, but he's out of the business entirely. He doesn't make decisions. He's not on the board. He doesn't opine. We don't consult him. He's got some litigation that he's working through, and frankly, he wants the privacy and the time to work through it, which is great. In the meantime, we're going to keep building TKO and WWE, expanding the horizon and expanding the opportunities. He's still a shareholder, not the shareholder he once was, but still a shareholder," said Shapiro.
Asked if he's been supportive of the direction WWE is going and has gone, Shapiro replied, "Couldn't have been more positive, but I wasn't asking for his opinion."
McMahon is currently being investigated by the federal government and the lawsuit filed by Grant is on pause until December while the investigation takes place.
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