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Lawyers for Vince McMahon, WWE and Janel Grant have filed a joint motion for a short adjournment of their upcoming hearing as they seek to move the matter into confidential arbitration.
Grant filed a lawsuit against McMahon and WWE, accusing the former professional wrestling mogul of sexual assault and sex trafficking. McMahon resigned as CEO of WWE in 2022 and left TKO in 2024 after the initial lawsuit was filed.
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Vince McMahon, then executive chairman of TKO, appears at a ceremony at the New York Stock Exchange on January 23, 2024, announcing that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has joined the TKO board of directors. (Michelle Farsi/Zuffa LLC)
“The parties are in active discussion regarding a potential agreement to arbitrate the dispute in confidential arbitration which would render these motions moot,” states a document filed in Connecticut District Court. “They request this relief in good faith, to avoid unnecessarily consuming the resources of the Court and the parties, and thus to be able to concentrate on moving forward with the eventual 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.”
A hearing on “Defendants’ Motions to Compel Arbitration and Plaintiff’s Renewed Motion for Leave to Serve Discovery Related to the Motion” has been set for June 16.
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Former WWE Chairman Vince McMahon appears in the ring during the WWE Monday Night Raw show at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada on August 24, 2009. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Grant, who worked at WWE from June 2019 to 2022, alleged that she was “subjected to repeated physical and emotional abuse, sexual assault and sex trafficking” by McMahon, and that “most senior officials and talent knew about and facilitated the abuse” she suffered.
She made various graphic claims against McMahon in separate documents filed in the case.
McMahon maintained his innocence throughout the process.
The TKO Group told the Associated Press in January 2024 that it took Grant’s allegations “very seriously.”
The WWE logo appears above a trading desk at the New York Stock Exchange in New York on September 13, 2019. (Richard Drew/AP Photo)
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“Mr. McMahon does not control TKO, nor does he oversee the day-to-day operations of WWE,” the company said at the time. “While this matter predates our TKO management team’s tenure at the company, we take Ms. Grant’s horrific allegations very seriously and are addressing this matter internally.”
