Vince McMahon sexual assault lawsuit - John Laurinaitis and WWE named as defendants

[John Price]

https://www.wsj.com/business/vince-mcmahon-accused-of-sex-trafficking-by-wwe-staffer-he-paid-to-keep-quiet-0b19b21c?st=x4i8s3cxbnsv3yd&reflink=article_copyURL_share

wtf

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In July 2021, the suit said, McMahon instructed Grant to create personalized sexual content for a WWE superstar that he was trying to re-sign. The suit didn’t name the professional wrestler, but described him as both a UFC fighter and WWE talent. People familiar with the matter identified the wrestler as Brock Lesnar, one of WWE’s biggest names.

Lesnar didn’t immediately respond Thursday to requests for comment.

The suit said McMahon shared the explicit photos with the star and informed Grant that “he likes what he sees.” After the star agreed to a new WWE contract, McMahon texted Grant in August 2021 to say “that part of the deal was f—ing U.”

That December, McMahon gave Grant’s personal cellphone number to the WWE star, the lawsuit said. The wrestler asked her to send a video of herself urinating, the suit said, and after she did, he called her a “b—.” That same month, the suit said, the star expressed a desire to “set a play date,” but a snowstorm disrupted his travel plans.

In January 2022, the suit said, McMahon told Grant that his wife, Linda McMahon, had discovered the relationship and he pressured Grant to sign an NDA in exchange for payments. The CEO warned Grant of reputational ruin that included pornographic content he had of her. He paid her about $1 million in February, the suit said, and later stopped making the payments. "

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[GKJ]

Can’t be shocked or surprised at this point

 

[sansabri]

jfc vince

 

[JojoTheWhale]

This is who Vince (and Linda) always was. And he'll still get cheered if he's ever allowed to appear on tv again. It's bleak.

 

[yahhockey]

The potential Lesnar story is one tiny part of a sad story.

Janel Grant’s lawsuit alleged that she met Vince McMahon in March 2019 & was looking for a job after her parents had died.McMahon recruited people to have sex with Grant as well, including WWE’s former head of talent relations, John Laurinaitis, who is named as a defendant in the suit.The suit states that in a May 2020 encounter, McMahon defecated on her head during a threesome. McMahon allegedly forcefully used sex toys on her, including dildos he named after WWE wrestlers, causing her bruising and bleeding.The suit cited a July 2020 text that said others at WWE wanted to have sex with her after seeing photos on McMahon’s phone, and the group laughed when he told them, “She may scream and try to say NO!!although it would B difficult to say anything with a c— down her throat.”

A woman who received a payout from WWE boss Vince McMahon has accused McMahon, the company and a former executive of sex trafficking in a new lawsuit that raises questions about the breadth of an internal company probe conducted by a law firm last year.Janel Grant, a former employee at WWE’s headquarters, said in a lawsuit filed Thursday that she was abused and sexually exploited by McMahon while he was chief executive. She alleged that McMahon lured her with promises of career advancement, and then he allegedly exploited her and trafficked her to other men inside the company.The lawsuit, filed in a Connecticut federal court, describes in graphic detail Grant’s account of interactions with the businessman and TV personality. She alleged that McMahon and another WWE executive locked her in an office in WWE’s headquarters in Stamford, Conn., on June 15, 2021, and took turns sexually assaulting her while other staff were working. In the middle of another workday, on June 23, 2021, McMahon locked Grant inside his private locker room at WWE’s offices and forced himself on her over a massage table, the suit said. Later that day, McMahon’s personal assistant delivered $15,000 in Bloomingdale’s gift cards to Grant in her office.The suit also includes screenshots of explicit text messages that McMahon allegedly sent to Grant. A May 2020 message said: “i’m the only one who owns U and controls who I want to f— U.”

You can read it for yourself if you wish

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ctd.157647/gov.uscourts.ctd.157647.1.0.pdf

to go along with the deplorable conduct is his repeated texting of U, B and pussey

 

[famicommander]

Is this the part where literally anybody pretends to be surprised by anything Vince does?

This is the man who helped Jimmy Snuka get away with beating his mistress to death.

This is the man who sent Owen Hart plummeting to his death by cheaping out on the stunt rigging team.

This is the man who interviewed a widow on live TV right after her husband died to get ratings.

This is the man who protected known pedophile Pat Patterson for decades.

This is the man who told a rape victim not to report what happened to her at a WWE Tribute to the Troops Show because he was worried it would sour the army's WWE sponsorship. The victim later killed herself.

This is the man who raped Rita Chatterton in 1986.

This is the man who was putting blackface on television this century.

This is the man who consistently put himself into incest storylines with his own daughter.

This is the man who lines up to take checks from the Saudi government.

And he'll probably get a standing ovation the next time he comes out on WWE television. Because WWE and UFC have intentionally cultivated an audience that doesn't care about basic human decency. It makes me embarrassed and disgusted to be a fan, and I've been watching wrestling and combat sports my entire life.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

 

[Emperoreddy]

Timing to me indicates that Endeavor probably worked something out to get them to hold off on letting this get out until after the TV deals were done.

Now that they are done, they are fine with throwing Vince to the wolves.

 

[FriendlyGhost92]

I'm gonna be honest... I was with it until the claimed statements of "No means yes" were made.

And by that I mean I'm sure a lot of it is probably true. But these type of things just read as exaggerations to dramatize it as much as possible.

I'd be skeptical about the feces part of the story for just about anybody except Vince. If you've watched the shit he finds hilarious over the years, I 100% can believe that.

Side note: Gonna guess Tony doesn't run his mouth this time around...

 

[famicommander]

I'm gonna be honest... I was with it until the claimed statements of "No means yes" were made.

And by that I mean I'm sure a lot of it is probably true. But these type of things just read as exaggerations to dramatize it as much as possible.

Side note: Gonna guess Tony doesn't run his mouth this time around...

Tony has no room to talk. He hasn't been accused of anything personally but he loves booking sexual predators.

He booked Tyson several times. Mike Tyson has at least 8 full on rape accusations (including the conviction that sent him to jail and multiple others both before and after that), multiple lesser sexual abuse convictions and accusations (including groping two different women who didn't know each other hours apart in the same club on the same night), and multiple domestic violence incidents including when he admitted in his own book to climbing up on the roof and throwing cinder blocks down at his then-wife because she didn't enjoy the peanut butter cookies he baked. And that's not even getting into his violence against other men or his drunk driving incidents.

 

[Emperoreddy]

FFS we don't need to bring tribalism into this no matter what company you prefer.

Vince is a piece of shit.

 

[Sheppy]

Imagine ever defending this human piece of shit.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Imagine ever defending this human piece of shit.

Dude needs to rot in jail for tge rest of his natural life assuming this is true, which it most likely is.

 

[Jussi]

Just when you think Vince can't seem anymore creepier, boom. Wow. Hope he actually sees jail time.

 

[Coffey]

Wow. Hope he actually sees jail time.

Zero chance.

Imagine he dies now in the next few years.
Do they do a tribute for him and just brush it under the rug?

I can already see the interviews "Yea... This isnt the Vince that I knew" - Miz
"Are we sure those texts were real? I mean... Look at all the typos." - Undertaker

 

[Emperoreddy]

Obviously some speculation here, but some things start to make more sense in light of things.

Khan, Steph, and HHH all voting for Vince to be removed from the WWE board in 2022. Brock walking out that same night. Then when Vince weasled his way back, Steph resigns.

 

[Unholy Diver]

Obviously some speculation here, but some things start to make more sense in light of things.

Khan, Steph, and HHH all voting for Vince to be removed from the WWE board in 2022. Brock walking out that same night. Then when Vince weasled his way back, Steph resigns.

Are we certain that it is Brock that they are referring to? It wouldn't be out of character for Riddle to be involved with some seedy sexual shit

 

[Jussi]

Are we certain that it is Brock that they are referring to? It wouldn't be out of character for Riddle to be involved with some seedy sexual shit

Riddle doesn't seem to need anyone's help with this sort of stuff.

 

[FriendlyGhost92]

Obviously some speculation here, but some things start to make more sense in light of things.

Khan, Steph, and HHH all voting for Vince to be removed from the WWE board in 2022. Brock walking out that same night. Then when Vince weasled his way back, Steph resigns.

The Brock stuff seems a little bit off.

Dude doesn't seem like the type that's randomly asking for pissing videos. As opposed to Vince, where you can absolutely 100% believe that feces story.

 

[Fro]

Not the 1st time I feel I've read the Brock stuff...

This is insane both in timing and just the story

 

[FriendlyGhost92]

Those SI spoilers have been redacted. Author claiming this his sources were purposefully trying to work him.

Either that or higher ups in the WWE are working his sources to snuff them out. We'll know if there's a random firing lol.

I don't get it... I appreciate that they're trying to make the Rumble interesting, but it's pretty obvious Cody or Punk is winning.

 

[DaaaaB's]

The Brock stuff seems a little bit off.

Dude doesn't seem like the type that's randomly asking for pissing videos. As opposed to Vince, where you can absolutely 100% believe that feces story.

As if you have a clue what Brock's actually like in real life. I get you're a big WWE fan but defending this shit because it seems a bit off or exaggerated to you is pretty sad.

 

[FriendlyGhost92]

As if you have a clue what Brock's actually like in real life. I get you're a big WWE fan but defending this shit because it seems a bit off or exaggerated to you is pretty sad.

Kinda sounds more like you're getting pissy with me because of past discussions than I am defending WWE.

Literally openly said the Vince shit is 100% believable in the very post you quoted, but somehow I'm a WWE shill lol. Get a grip.

 

[DaaaaB's]

Kinda sounds more like you're getting pissy with me over past discussions than I am defending WWE.

Literally openly said I the Vince shit is 100% believable, but somehow I'm a WWE shill lol. Get a grip.

You said it could be exaggerated and bashed Tony for no apparent reason as usual.

 

[FriendlyGhost92]

You said it could be exaggerated and bashed Tony for no apparent reason as usual.

I actually didn't bash Tony, I said he probably keeps his mouth shut now that his own skeletons are out there.

But keep going on how I'm defending the WWE because I said the Brock part sounds off, while saying I completely believe the feces story about the guy who owned WWE for 40 years.

But I'm sure you're not taking issue with me specifically because of previous discussions we've had.