Chris Legentil comments on current lawsuit against Vince McMahon and WWE.
On January 25, former WWE employee Janel Grant filed a lawsuit against Vince McMahon, WWE, and John Laurinaitis alleging sex trafficking and sexual abuse. It was reported in February by the Wall Street Journal that McMahon was under federal investigation.
WWE executive vice president of talent relations & head of communications Chris Legentil appeared on the Sports Media podcast with Richard Deitsch and was asked how WWE navigates media coverage of the lawsuit and legal situations.
Deitsch specifically named Brandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics and John Pollock of POST Wrestling as two reporters who have stayed on top of the case and asked about the lawsuit at WWE press conferences.
"Related to active legal situations, there is clearly a limit on what we're able to say. That said, as that investigation as gone on over time, we've been compliant all the way along and all the way through. When we have had the opportunity to answer questions, we do. When there is not that opportunity, we don't. The media, we've found, have understood that because they realize sometimes there is a lane we can take and other times there is not. We agree that Brandon (Thurston) and John (Pollock) do good work and you see them as regulars at our shows and press conferences. They're doing their job as reporters, we're doing our job as a company," he said.
On May 30, Grant agreed to pause the lawsuit for six months while the federal investigation continued against McMahon.
McMahon has filed a motion to lift the stay after Grant's side filed a discovery petition against Dr. Carlon Colker and his clinic, Peak Wellness, Inc.
Elsewhere during the interview, Legentil commented on potentially working with AEW. You can find his full comments by clicking here.
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