Vince McMahon, Janel Grant & WWE Agree To Move Sex Trafficking Lawsuit Into Private Arbitration

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Vince McMahon, WWE and Janel Grant have all agreed to move the sex trafficking lawsuit filed back in January 2024 to private arbitration.

In January 2024, former WWE employee Janel Grant filed a sex trafficking lawsuit against WWE, Vince McMahon and John Laurinaitis (who has since been removed as a defendant), alleging various accusations of sexual assault from McMahon during her time in the company.

In April, Grant filed a new declaration featuring more allegations and additional details on prior allegations, which you can see here.

Today, it has been reported that Grant, McMahon and WWE have all agreed to move the lawsuit into private arbitration, pending the approval of the court.

The filing reads:

JOINT MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the parties respectfully submit this joint motion for a short adjournment of the upcoming hearing on Defendants’ Motions to Compel Arbitration and Plaintiff’s Renewed Motion for Leave to Serve Motion-Related Discovery, which is currently scheduled for June 16, 2026. The parties are in active discussions regarding a potential agreement to arbitrate the dispute in confidential arbitration that would moot those motions. They seek this relief in good faith, to avoid unnecessarily consuming the Court’s and the parties’ resources—and so they can focus on progressing the potential arbitration agreement. The Parties respectfully propose that the Court temporarily adjourn the hearing and allow them to file a Joint Status Report within 21 days.

Previous and future updates on this case can be found at this link.

• wwe
• Vince McMahon
• lawsuit
• Janel Grant

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