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Lawyers for Vince McMahon, WWE and Janel Grant filed a joint motion for a brief adjournment of their next hearing as they seek to move the case to 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 resigned from TKO in 2024 after the initial lawsuit was filed.
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Then-TKO CEO Vince McMahon appears during a ceremony at the New York Stock Exchange in New York City on January 23, 2024, announcing that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has joined TKO’s board of directors. (Michelle Farsi/Zuffa LLC)
“The parties are in active discussions regarding a possible agreement to arbitrate the dispute in a confidential arbitration that could debate those motions,” reads a document filed in Connecticut District Court. “They seek this relief in good faith, to avoid unnecessarily consuming the resources of the Court and the parties, and thus be able to concentrate on advancing the possible arbitration agreement. The parties respectfully propose that the Court temporarily postpone the hearing and allow them to submit a Joint Status Report within 21 days.”
A hearing on “Defendants’ Motions to Compel Arbitration and Plaintiff’s Renewed Motion for Permission to Deliver Information Related to the Motion” is 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 perpetrated” by McMahon, and that “most senior officials and talent knew about and facilitated the abuse” she experienced.
She made several graphic claims against McMahon in separate documents filed in the case.
McMahon has maintained his innocence throughout the process.
TKO Group told The Associated Press in January 2024 that it took Grant’s allegations “very seriously.”
The WWE logo appears above a trading booth on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York City on September 13, 2019. (Richard Drew/AP Photo)
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“Mr. McMahon does not control TKO or supervise the day-to-day operations of WWE,” the company said at the time. “While this matter predates our TKO executive team’s tenure at the company, we take Ms. Grant’s horrific allegations very seriously and are addressing this matter internally.”
