Some notes regarding the Vince McMahon and WWE lawsuit that was filed yesterday by former WWE employee Janel Grant based on questions PWInsider.com has received over the last 24 hours:
*Jerry McDevitt was Vince McMahon's attorney for the NDA with Grant but no longer represents McMahon and has all but retired, so for those who asked, McDevitt would not be defending McMahon or even WWE here. McDevitt has not represented McMahon since he made the decision to come out his WWE retirement.
*In something that sounds absolutely insane, the NDA for Grant included a clause that if she needed a reference for future employment from WWE, she was directed to go to John Laurinaitis for the reference, which given the allegations in the suit, is mind-blowing, to say the least.
*One allegation in the lawsuit was that Grant claimed that no one spoke to her or utilized any documentation she had during the WWE Board of Directors investigation into Vince McMahon. PWInsider.com is told that investigation was conducted by a third-party, not WWE itself.
*While the Wall Street Journal has surmised the WWE talent Grant mentions in her lawsuit is Brock Lesnar, Lesnar is never named in the suit and is not a defendant in the lawsuit.
*WWE has not made, as of this writing, any internal statement to their employees about The Wall Street Journal article. The prevous WSJ articles all led to either a company meeting or a statement that was issued privately. Thus far, that has not been the case. As you can imagine, a lot of employees we've spoken to were really upset and disgusted with the allegations.
*As TKO Group Holding noted in their statement yesterday, Vince McMahon is not involved in the day to day operations of WWE anymore. As we have noted many times here during audio discussions in the Elite section, his current position is more of a ceremonial title at this point. Nick Khan and Paul Levesque are overseeing the company.
*It is not known whether TKO could force Vince McMahon to step down from his position as Executive Director of the TKO Board of Directors. The question to be answered is whether there is a morals clause in McMahon's contract with TKO and whether that could be a factor in his status going forward.
*There has been no public acknowledgment that the federal investigation into McMahon has ever closed, so yes, that is something that could come to the surface again, as far as anyone knows.
*The story has gotten a lot of attention and we are told that a lot of media outlets are starting work on their own coverage. The New York Times covered the story this morning. All the major entertainment trade publications covered it. The story won't go away overnight.
*Court records indicate that as of this morning, WWE, Vince McMahon and John Laurinaitis all have yet to be served with the lawsuit
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That whole Vince McMahon document I just read is absolutely disturbing.
Yeah I couldn’t sleep last night so i decided to read the 67 pages that are on Twitter. That was a hard read. Very, very disturbing. I can only imagine what he did to other women.
I think they need to go back and remove all sexual storylines and any storylines involving Vince. Yes, even the most classic ones w Stone Cold.
They need to cleanse themselves of any affiliation to Vince. That’s a massive order but they gotta do it.
PhenomTheMac
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So does that mean Bryan Danielson knew about his father in laws sexual assaults too? Or how does that work?
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The price of a brick goin up…
I can’t see how that’s even possible. Vince was literally the biggest heel in the company during the attitude era. Along with him being the commentating voice for countless shows before that. Erasing him is basically erasing that. They didn’t even do that to Benoit. A disclaimer is really all you can do.
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UFC star., so who knows
Black_Samson
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She look like she could literally be his daughter or relative.
PWInsider.com noted earlier today a t-shirt celebrating Vince McMahon's 1999 Royal Rumble match victory had disappeared from the WWE Rumble pop-up store online in Tampa, Florida. While the shirt was on sale yesterday at the store, it was nowhere to be found when the store opened for business this morning in Florida.
The shirt was designed and released for sale before the Janel Grant lawsuit against McMahon and WWE was filed before The United States District Court of Connecticut yesterday.
We noted earlier today that the shirt was still available on WWEShop.com. The shirt has also now been removed from online sales.
Searching the word "McMahon" only brings up a Stephanie McMahon vs. Brie Bella t-shirt.
The shirt was designed and released for sale before the Janel Grant lawsuit against McMahon and WWE was filed before The United States District Court of Connecticut yesterday.
We noted earlier today that the shirt was still available on WWEShop.com. The shirt has also now been removed from online sales.
Searching the word "McMahon" only brings up a Stephanie McMahon vs. Brie Bella t-shirt.
PhenomTheMac
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Welp he's gonna be gone now that's he fucking up the money.