Updated
Updated · Fox News · Jun 11
McMahon, WWE and Janel Grant Seek 21-Day Delay to Pursue Confidential Arbitration
Updated
Updated · Fox News · Jun 11

McMahon, WWE and Janel Grant Seek 21-Day Delay to Pursue Confidential Arbitration

3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 11

Summary

  • A joint court filing asked a Connecticut federal judge to postpone a June 16 hearing so Vince McMahon, WWE and Janel Grant can keep negotiating a confidential arbitration agreement.
  • The parties said arbitration talks could moot pending motions, including defendants’ bid to compel arbitration and Grant’s renewed request to serve motion-related discovery.
  • Grant, a former WWE employee from 2019 to 2022, sued McMahon and WWE alleging sexual assault, sex trafficking and broader abuse that she says senior officials and talent knew about or facilitated.
  • McMahon has denied wrongdoing; he left WWE as CEO in 2022 and stepped down from TKO in 2024 after the lawsuit was filed, while TKO said it took Grant’s allegations very seriously.

Insights

With a law allowing a public trial, why would the plaintiff agree to face Vince McMahon in secret arbitration?
Is this arbitration push a final attempt to bury a scandal after a history of secret payouts and destroying evidence?