Janel Grant, Vince McMahon, WWE Ask Court To Move Lawsuit Into Private Arbitration
A big development in the lawsuit filed by Janel Grant against Vince McMahon and WWE.
A joint motion was filed by Grant, McMahon, and WWE requesting the court to move the sex trafficking lawsuit into private arbitration. Pending approval from the court, the lawsuit against McMahon & WWE would move out of the public.
From the 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.
McMahon and WWE have been pushing to move the case into arbitration, citing the arbitration clause in the nondisclosure agreement Grant signed with McMahon in 2022. Grant had argued that the arbitration provision shouldn’t be enforced and that she was coerced into signing the NDA under duress.
Judge Sarah F. Russell will make a ruling on the motion.
Janel Grant, a former WWE employee, filed a lawsuit in January 2024 against Vince McMahon, WWE, and John Laurinaitis. The lawsuit accuses McMahon of sexual assault and sex trafficking. McMahon resigned from TKO/WWE following the lawsuit being filed. Laurinaitis has since been dropped from the lawsuit.
Victim Resources:
National Sexual Assault Hotline
Hours: Available 24 hours
1-800-656-4673
