Janel Grant Denies Involvement In Anonymous Emails Sent That Triggered 2022 Board Investigation
In 2022, the WWE board of directors investigated the misconduct of Vince McMahon after anonymous emails were sent.
On Wednesday, Grant denied involvement in sending those emails and denied the claims in the emails.
The first email, sent on March 30, 2022:
“To Whom it May Concern,
“My friend worked at WWE. She is [REDACTED] and we live homeless for a while on percs etc. Etc. We went to get cleaned up together and she met chief chairman Vince McMahon not too long after that. Vince McMahon gave her a job and paid her one hundred thousand dollars every year until he started fucking her then he paid her two hundred thousand dollar a year he is 80 years old and took my friends soul just because he could. Vince McMahon gave her like a toy his friend John who works at WWE to John is 70 and her boss to. My friend was so scared so she quit after Vince McMahon and lawyer Jerry paid her millions of dollars to shut up I am going to the media as well I don’t want anything from from I just want the world to know the truth about this pervert.”
The second email, sent on April 11, 2022:
“The board of directors for major company like wwe does not care that the old founder and his old sidekick johnny Laronitis took advantage of a [REDACTED] who only worked hard? She would be angry that I wrote this but I want no money. I am sending this out to your stock holders tomorrow and to all lawyers my friend worked with. The lawyers knows of the settlements investigate and you will see WWE paid for her silence. [REDCATED] is her name. Very good lady. Treated like an animal by Vince Mcmahon and Johnny Loronitis.”
The third email, sent on April 14, 2022:
“Deadspin is surprised that board of directors has not checked vince mcmahon s phone which will show all of his hurtful pictures back and forth to [REDACTED] these include pictures of his privates to a 25 year old employee and them in sex together and with Johnny in sex acts with her. Gross old men abusing a 25 year old.”
In her Instagram post, Grant wrote, “What never happened: No living on the street. No addictions to ‘percs.’ No rehab. The spin: A friend? I see a trick to steer public perception. Homeless? I shared my background at work. Rehab? I shared my experience with grief counseling at work. Addiction? I shared that quitting nicotine lozenges wasn’t fun at work. I’m pretty sick over whether this is implying a revenge porn situation and whether it extends to Deadspin. I’m sick over whether this is implying I was being filmed and didn’t know it. I’m sick over whatever it is that I don’t know.”
She also shared excerpts of transcripts of depositions with WWE President Nick Khan and former executive Frank Riddick, testimony they provided as part of the merger case, regarding the emails and a press release announcing that Elisabeth Collins had been named the new general counsel, replacing Samira Shah.
The screenshot of the press release is accompanied by an article that alludes to Shah’s exit from the company coming under “murky circumstances.”
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.
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