HORRENDOUS. MONSTROUS. DISGUSTING. Those are some of the adjectives used to describe the allegations against former TKO Group Holdings Executive Chairman Vince McMahon in a lawsuit by ex-WWE employee Janel Grant, who accused McMahon of sex trafficking and other abusive behavior.
Even those who have become desensitized to sexual harassment claims directed toward McMahon over nearly four decades were stunned by the lurid details in the lawsuit that included allegations of coerced sexual activity, depraved acts such as defecation, and using Grant as a sexual pawn for friends (even talent).
The 43-year-old Grant, who worked for WWE between 2019 and 2022, had signed a $3-million non-disclosure agreement and says she has received only $1-million of that amount.
McMahon’srole in the company became untenable nearly immediately. With McMahon answering to Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel and President and COO Mark Shapiro—and Slim Jim being the first in what was likely to be a long line of sponsors threatening to pull advertising—the 78-year-old released a statement the day after news of the lawsuit went public:
“Out of respect for the WWE Universe, the extraordinary TKO business and its board members and shareholders, partners and constituents, and all of the employees and Superstars who helped make WWE into the global leader it is today, I have
