A FORMER WWE employee has released a statement about the sexual abuse she allegedly suffered under Vince McMahon.
Janel Grant, 43, claims she was “the victim of physical and emotional abuse, sexual assault, and trafficking” during her time with the wrestling organization.
Vince McMahon has been accused of sexual assault by former WWE employee Janel GrantGetty Images
According to the lawsuit filed Thursday, she claimed McMahon had coerced her into taking part in a number of heinous sexual acts, such as defecating on her head during a threesome and using sex toys on her that he named after wrestlers.
McMahon has vehemently denied the allegations, but announced he was stepping down from his role at WWE and UFC parent company TKO Group Holdings on Friday.
It came just hours after his accuser’s lawyer, Ann Callis, read a statement on behalf of Janel Grant during an interview on the Law&Crime podcast, Crime Fix with Angenette Levy.
“She hopes those at the company past and present who fear speaking out about harm is a thing of the past,” read Callis.
“She wishes them all peace.”
Grant had filed the bombshell lawsuit on Thursday.
Before being hired to work in the WWE office in Stamford, Connecticut, Grant was introduced to McMahon by a manager in her building.
When Grant went to meet the 78-year-old executive in the building’s penthouse to talk about future career opportunities in the WWE, she claims he greeted her in his underwear.
She also alleged he offered her a position at the company in return for sexual favors.
After McMahon created a position for her in the company’s legal department, he is alleged to have harassed her with sexually explicit text messages.
While Callis attempted to end the relationship, McMahon allegedly shared explicit content of Grant without her knowledge or consent in March 2020.
In a plethora of screenshots of Grant and McMahon’s conversations, McMahon allegedly texted Grant, telling her other WWE employees wanted to have sex with her after seeing her naked.
A spokesperson for McMahon said the lawsuit was, “riddled with falsehoods, baseless fabrications of events that never transpired, and a malicious distortion of the truth.”
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