New 2026 court filings reveal additional details about Janel Grant’s accusations against Vince McMahon
New information has emerged in Janel Grant’s lawsuit against WWE and Vince McMahon through recent court filings. On Wednesday, Grant submitted a memorandum opposing WWE and McMahon’s motions to compel arbitration and have the case removed from court. Her attorneys contend that the NDA she signed is unenforceable and should not bar her from pursuing the matter in a public courtroom instead of private arbitration.
In the filings, Grant claims that McMahon told her he had informed WWE president Nick Khan and former COO Brad Blum about the nature of his relationship. Here is an excerpt from Paragraph 29…
“In August 2020, Nick Khan was announced as WWE’s new President and Chief Revenue Officer. In hindsight, I view Nick’s arrival as the moment that my life changed for the worse. My fears about reporting the abuse were realized when I learned from Vince that he put the company’s new President, essentially his second in command, on notice of his ongoing sexual conduct with me. Nick never asked me whether the relationship was consensual. Instead, Nick also waited for Vince to finish engaging with me sexually during meetings.”
The following was stated in Paragraph 39-41…
“In early March 2021, I was forced to participate in another threesome with Vince and Johnny [Laurinaitis] at Vince’s condo, which was so extremely violent that it caused me to black out for the majority of the encounter.
On March 9, 2021, during work hours, Vince messaged me to meet with him that evening. That night, upon my arrival to Vince’s condo for the meeting he requested, he didn’t greet me warmly but rather exhaled and said, ‘We need to talk. People know about us.’ I immediately felt a full body panic set in and began sobbing, feeling as though this was a huge invasion of my privacy.
Vince then informed me that he had spoken privately with Nick Khan and Brad Blum during which he formally disclosed the sexual nature of his relationship with me. He said they expressed concern and one questioned whether I could be trusted. Vince told me he provided them with assurances about my loyalty, character, that I would never do something to hurt WWE, and that I ‘would sooner jump off the balcony than hurt anyone.’ He told me that, with these assurances, Nick and Brad were ultimately supportive.”
In paragraph 43, Grant claimed that McMahon told her that former WWE general counsel Brad Nurse had raised concerns about the relationship and that it was “handled,” which she interpreted to mean that he had been terminated….
“Vince revealed that he and WWE leadership determined that I was a corporate liability. He then told me that they needed me to leave the legal department immediately as my presence had affected their ability to hire a new General Counsel.
To explain this, he revealed that the former General Counsel, Brian Nurse, had highly suspected or knew about Vince’s sexual relationship with me, and he brought it to the attention of Vince’s office during a meeting with Brad. As a result, Vince then flicked his wrist and stated it was ‘handled.’
I understood this to mean that the General Counsel had identified Vince’s conduct with me as a liability to the Executive Office and was subsequently terminated.”