A former employee of the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) filed a lawsuit this week in federal court that accused former Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon of sex trafficking and numerous alleged instances of extreme sexual acts and abuse.
Attorneys for Janel Grant filed the lawsuit on Thursday in U.S. District Court in Connecticut. Details contained in the lawsuit appear to match allegations that surfaced in 2022 that led to McMahon stepping down from WWE. The lawsuit seeks to void a non-disclosure agreement and seeks an unspecified amount for punitive damages and Grant’s legal fees.
Grant, who worked for the company from 2019 to 2022, alleges that she was in a vulnerable state when she met McMahon because her parents had just died and she had effectively devoted her life to “around-the-clock caregiving.”
The lawsuit says that her time at WWE centered around gratifying McMahon’s…
