The lawyer who represents a former WWE worker who claims she was sexually abused and trafficked by Vince McMahon stated the “depravity” her consumer endured through the years is “in its personal class.”
Ann Callis, an legal professional for ex-WWE staffer Janel Grant, stated she beforehand labored for 9 years as a legal felony choose overseeing homicide and sexual assault instances, however the horrors that her consumer suffered at McMahon’s arms are incomparable to something she’s encountered in her profession.
“The sexual slavery she endured, the devastating penalties that occurred to her bodily and mentally when she was going by way of this and nonetheless is struggling by way of this with PTSD — she had suicidal ideation,” Callis informed NewsNation’s Ashleigh Banfield.
“That is in its personal class of the depravity that she needed to endure.”
Grant, who labored within the firm’s authorized and expertise departments, alleged that McMahon compelled her to have intercourse with WWE icons and executives, defecated on her throughout a threesome and aggressively used intercourse toys on her that he named after wrestling stars, which brought on her accidents, based on the bombshell swimsuit filed Thursday in Connecticut federal court docket.
Along with McMahon, Grant, 43, additionally named John Laurinaitis, the corporate’s former head of expertise relations and basic supervisor, within the 67-page swimsuit, alleging the pair took turns holding her down for one another whereas sexually assaulting her at WWE places of work in June 2021.
The explosive court docket submitting adopted the Wall Avenue Journal reporting final 12 months that WWE was probing an alleged $3 million fee McMahon gave to a feminine worker who left after a consensual affair.
Grant, who was not named within the report, claims within the swimsuit she acquired a $1 million installment after signing an NDA, however no additional funds.
A subsequent investigation discovered that McMahon shelled out $14.6 million to numerous girls who had accused him of sexual misconduct.
McMahon has denied the allegations within the swimsuit, however introduced Friday that he was stepping down as govt chairman of WWE’s mum or dad firm, TKO Group Holdings.
TKO Group, which was created in September when UFC and WWE merged, has stated it’s taking the allegations critically and addressing them internally.
