Former UFC and present WWE famous person Brock Lesnar has been formally named in Janel Grant’s lawsuit towards Vince McMahon, John Laurinaitis and WWE. Lesnar’s identify was talked about in Grant’s amended lawsuit, filed on the Jan. 31 deadline for amendments to the go well with.
Many had assumed Lesnar was the person known as a “former UFC Heavyweight Champion and WWE Famous person” within the preliminary model of the lawsuit. Grant’s go well with alleges that she was a sufferer of intercourse trafficking by the hands of McMahon and that he used WWE firm sources to traffick her to different males partly “as a pawn to safe expertise offers.”
The go well with additional alleges that Lesnar was a kind of different males, and that McMahon demanded that Grant create customized sexual content material for Lesnar. Lesnar additionally allegedly was flown to Connecticut by McMahon for an organized sexual encounter with Grant, although the 2 didn’t truly meet as deliberate.
WWE Corridor of Famer and longtime producer Michael Hayes was additionally named within the amended lawsuit. Grant alleges that McMahon additionally demanded she make customized sexual content material for Hayes, which was additionally supposed to be shared with member of Hayes’ crew.
Each Lesnar and Hayes usually are not named as defendants within the lawsuit.
Attorneys for the protection have argued for the case to be settled beneath arbitration, as outlined within the non-disclosure settlement signed by Grant in January 2022. Grant’s authorized group has argued the NDA be waived as McMahon broke the settlement by failing to make the funds outlined within the settlement.
McMahon resigned as TKO (the corporate that additionally owns UFC and bought WWE in 2023) govt chairman on Jan. 26, 2024, days after the Grant lawsuit grew to become public.
McMahon has repeatedly denied the allegations in Grant’s lawsuit.