Former WWE employee Janel Grant plans to amend her original lawsuit nearly a year after her original lawsuit against Vince McMahon, former WWE head of talent relations John Laurinaitis, and WWE itself , alleging sex trafficking and graphic sexual assault, was filed last January. Brandon Thurston of Post Wrestling reported the news, which comes from new court filings, Thursday. Thurston said it was unclear what changes Grant plans to make to his amended complaint.
A six-month stay on the civil action expired Dec. 12 after it was put in place while a federal investigation into McMahon continued. From now on, the trial and the investigation will continue at the same time. After the stay expired, all three defendants filed motions to have the suit referred to arbitration. McMahon and WWE filed first, just before the Christmas break, and Laurinaitis followed shortly after. Both argue that Grant failed to honor her side of an NDA agreement she signed by disclosing information about her relationship with McMahon and the settlement she received. Thurston noted that in McMahon’s motion he included a new detail that hinted at the possibility of a defamation suit against Grant in the future.
Thurston clarified in her Thursday report that Grant is allowed to amend her complaint once without the court’s permission under federal rules. Grant plans to change his decision by January 15, ten days shy of the year since the original complaint was filed.
Grant is also currently involved in litigation in Connecticut against Dr. Carlon Colker and Peak Wellness, after Grant said McMahon sent her to be treated by his clinic’s doctor, but that details of various medical procedures and medications had not been disclosed to him. Grant asks Colker for evidence, which includes his medical records.
