Both Vince McMahon and WWE filed court documents on Monday seeking arbitration in the nearly year-long Janel Grant lawsuit. Filed in Connecticut, McMahon requested the court “for an order compelling…
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Both Vince McMahon and WWE filed court documents on Monday seeking arbitration in the nearly year-long Janel Grant lawsuit.
Filed in Connecticut, McMahon requested the court “for an order compelling arbitration of this matter” while
WWE did the same which is their second time attempting to secure arbitration and the first since this past May. The company specifically cited that since the six-month federally mandated pause/stay in the case ended on December 11th, so did the decree to deny all pending motions to go to arbitration:
“The stay expired on December 11, 2024, and accordingly, WWE hereby files a renewed and updated Motion to Compel Arbitration, with supporting memorandum of law and statement of facts. WWE respectfully requests that the Court schedule oral argument for this motion, and such other and further relief as the Court may deem just and proper.”
Both filed similar documents citing the 2022 NDA that Grant signed with McMahon had an arbitration clause. That NDA alleged that McMahon promised to pay her $3 million, but that he paid her only $1 million.
From the documents:
“Simply put, Grant has no claims actionable in this Court because the separation and non-disclosure agreement she signed with McMahon (who signed on behalf of himself and WWE) (the “Agreement”)—the monetary benefits of which she concededly accepted and retained— contains an arbitration provision that unambiguously precludes this Court from adjudicating her claims.
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n particular, Grant agreed that “the sole and exclusive legal method to resolve any and all disputes and/or controversies is to commence binding arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act.” The language is clear and unconditional. Not only are Grant’s allegations squarely within the scope of the arbitration provision, but the Agreement also expressly commits to arbitration the issue of arbitrability itself. Accordingly, this Court should enforce the parties’ agreed-upon method of addressing Grant’s claims and compel this action to arbitration.”
John Laurinaitis is also part of the lawsuit, but it’s been unreported if his legal team will, or has, attempted to file the same documents with the same reasoning.
Grant sued McMahon, WWE and Laurinaitis in January 2024, accusing him of sexual misconduct, sexual assault and sex trafficking during her time with WWE. McMahon resigned from his TKO executive role that same month and no longer has anything to do with TKO or WWE.