{"id":23853,"date":"2025-08-11T05:24:55","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T09:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/ex-wwe-executive-to-help-accuser-in-case-vs-vince-mcmahon-details\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T05:24:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T09:24:55","slug":"ex-wwe-executive-to-help-accuser-in-case-vs-vince-mcmahon-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wwe\/ex-wwe-executive-to-help-accuser-in-case-vs-vince-mcmahon-details\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-WWE executive to help accuser in case vs. Vince McMahon: Details"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Former WWE Executive Reaches Settlement in Sexual Abuse Case<\/h2>\n\n\nA former WWE executive, who was facing sexual abuse allegations in a lawsuit filed by a former employee, has reached a confidential settlement. Now, he will collaborate with the plaintiff in her litigation against the company and former leader Vince McMahon, representatives and lawyers reported on Wednesday.\n\nJohn Laurinaitis, former WWE head of talent relations and known in the ring as Johnny Ace, will assist Janel Grant in her lawsuit against McMahon and the wrestling entertainment company. Grant’s representatives and Laurinaitis’s lawyer, Edward Brennan, confirmed the settlement and cooperation agreement, and noted that Laurinaitis possesses “evidence” against McMahon and the company, although they did not specify its nature.\n\n\n
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“Their confidential settlement agreement is a crucial step in holding McMahon and WWE accountable and bringing justice to Ms. Grant after years of sexual abuse and human trafficking,” Grant and Laurinaitis’ representatives said in a joint statement. “Mr. Laurinaitis looks forward to moving on with his life. We cannot provide additional details at this time.”<\/p>\n\nGrant and Laurinaitis’ Representatives<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nA court document filed on Wednesday indicates that Grant and Laurinaitis agreed to dismiss the claims in the lawsuit against Laurinaitis, but the allegations against WWE and McMahon remain.\n\nJessica Rosenberg, an attorney for McMahon, issued a statement regarding this.\n\n\n

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“The dismissal of John Laurinaitis as a defendant today does not alter the facts of this case in any way. Vince McMahon never mistreated Janel Grant,” Rosenberg stated. “No matter how many press releases his team issues, the truth remains the same.”<\/p>\n\nJessica Rosenberg, McMahon’s lawyer<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nRosenberg added that a lawyer for Laurinaitis had previously stated that the lawsuit’s allegations were unfounded.\n\nWWE representatives did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Wednesday.\n\nGrant sued WWE, McMahon, and Laurinaitis last year in a federal court in Connecticut, where the company is headquartered in Stamford. In explicit detail, she alleges that McMahon forced her to have sexual relations with him, Laurinaitis, and others, and claims that both men sexually assaulted her. She states that she was forced to perform humiliating acts during the encounters. The lawsuit also includes photos of text messages of a sexual nature that McMahon allegedly sent to Grant.\n\nMcMahon, former WWE CEO and chairman, has denied Grant’s accusations. Previously, he stated that the lawsuit is “rife with lies, fabricated obscene instances that never occurred, and is a vengeful distortion of the truth. I intend to vigorously defend myself against these unfounded accusations and hope to clear my name.” His lawyers stated in court documents that he maintained a consensual relationship with Grant and never mistreated her.\n\nGrant began working for WWE in 2019 as an entry-level employee in its legal department, a position managed by McMahon, and was later transferred to the talent relations department, where Laurinaitis was her boss.\n\nShe has stated that she was pressured to leave her job at WWE and sign a $3 million non-disclosure agreement. The lawsuit seeks to invalidate the agreement, arguing that McMahon breached the deal by giving her $1 million and not paying the rest.\n\nCurrently, pending in the lawsuit are motions from McMahon, WWE, and Laurinaitis to move all claims to arbitration. They stated that the lawsuit should not be allowed because Grant agreed to resolve any disputes in arbitration as part of his confidentiality agreement.\n\nMcMahon resigned from WWE’s parent company in January 2024 after Grant filed his lawsuit. At that time, McMahon stepped down from his position as executive chairman of the board of directors of TKO Group Holdings, WWE’s parent company.\n\nHe also resigned as WWE CEO in 2022 amid an internal investigation into allegations similar to those in Grant’s lawsuit.\n\nMcMahon bought what was then the World Wrestling Federation in 1982 and transformed it from a regional wrestling company into a global phenomenon. In addition to running the company with his wife, Linda, who is now the U.S. Secretary of Education, he also performed at WWE events as himself.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former WWE Executive Reaches Settlement in Sexual Abuse Case A former WWE executive, who was facing sexual abuse allegations in a lawsuit filed by a former employee, has reached a confidential settlement. Now, he will collaborate with the plaintiff in her litigation against the company and former leader Vince McMahon, representatives and lawyers reported on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23854,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[241,3049,488,191],"class_list":{"0":"post-23853","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wwe","8":"tag-lawsuit","9":"tag-sexual-abuse","10":"tag-vince-mcmahon","11":"tag-wwe"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23853\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}