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Janel Grant, Vince McMahon, and WWE jointly ask court to have sex trafficking lawsuit moved into private arbitration

Aaron Rift

It was reported by The Wall Street Journal in January of 2024 that Janel Grant, a former WWE employee, filed a lawsuit against WWE and Vince McMahon in a Connecticut federal court. McMahon was accused of sex trafficking in the complaint.

In an update on the case, Brandon Thurston of PostWrestling.com noted that Grant, Vince, and WWE have jointly asked to have the lawsuit moved into private arbitration. Thurston added that “pending approval from the court, sex trafficking lawsuit against McMahon & WWE will likely soon move out of public.”

The following was stated in a court filing…

JOINT MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the parties respectfully submit this joint motion for a short adjournment of the upcoming hearing on Defendants’ Motions to Compel Arbitration and Plaintiff’s Renewed Motion for Leave to Serve Motion-Related Discovery, which is currently scheduled for June 16, 2026. The parties are in active discussions regarding a potential agreement to arbitrate the dispute in confidential arbitration that would moot those motions. They seek this relief in good faith, to avoid unnecessarily consuming the Court’s and the parties’ resources-and so they can focus on progressing the potential arbitration agreement. The Parties respectfully propose that the Court temporarily adjourn the hearing and allow them to file a Joint Status Report within 21 days.

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