10 things ex-WWE employee Janel Grant from Stamford, Connecticut

Janel Grant is a former employee of World Wrestling Entertainment, a professional wrestling promotion based in Stamford, Connecticut, United States. The promotion was called Titan Sports from 1980 and 1999 and World Wrestling Federation Entertainment from 1999 to 2002.

BIOGRAPHY

Grant is a resident of Stamford. Here are 10 more things about her:

1. She is a former resident of Los Angeles, California, USA.
2. She has lived in different parts of New York, USA including Mount Kisco and New York City.
3. She is 35 years younger than WWE co-founder Vincent Kennedy McMahon and 4 years younger than Brock Lesnar, who made his televised WWE debut in March 2002.
4. She is a former employee of XFL, a football league McMahon founded by January 25, 2018.
5. From 2019 to 2022, she was a WWE employee.
6. In 2019, McMahon allegedly sexually assaulted her and he asked her to see Dr. Carlon Colker, a physician of McMahon’s choosing, at a Peak Wellness clinic.
7. She and McMahon allegedly had sex with John Laurinaitis in 2020 and 2021.
8. In 2021, Lesnar allegedly asked her to send him a sexually explicit video.
9. In 2024, she filed a lawsuit against McMahon, Laurinaitis and WWE.
10. In November 2024, she turned 44.

TIMELINE

Grant is a Democrat. She is registered to vote in Connecticut.

2019

• When she met McMahon on March 23, 2019, she was unemployed and struggling financially.
• On March 31, 2019, before she and McMahon had a meeting with a WWE corporate officer, he told her to say they met through a mutual friend when asked about it.
• On April 1, 2019, McMahon texted her, “Seriously Janel wherever U land in WWE U will be a credit to the organization.”
• On April 7, 2019, she was given a very-important-person experience at WrestleMania, including private transportation in a black sports utility vehicle arranged by him.
• On May 5, 2019, she told McMahon she always dreamed of attending the Belmont Stakes and he told her he would personally acquire two tickets for her.
• On May 11, 2019, he allegedly sexually assaulted her.
• On May 16, 2019, McMahon informed her that he had obtained two tickets to the Belmont Stakes scheduled for June 8, 2019.
• On May 18, 2019, she and McMahon had sexual intercourse.
• On June 16, 2019, she told McMahon she felt uncomfortable working in WWE while in a physical relationship with him and he allegedly told her all she needed to do was not tell anyone.
• On June 17, 2019, she started working as an administrator-coordinator in WWE’s legal department, a position McMahon created for her.
• On November 20, 2019, after experiencing sleep disruption, dizziness, exhaustion, rashes, weight loss, hair loss and migraines, she was asked by McMahon to see Colker.

2020

• On February 10, 2020, she was temporarily relocated to the workforce of the XFL.
• On March 6, 2020, she applied to remain with the XFL, which was denied.
• On March 26, 2020, McMahon allegedly told her he shared explicit photos of her to a former WWE referee.
• On May 9, 2020, McMahon allegedly defecated on her during a threesome with his physical therapist.
• On May 12, 2020, McMahon allegedly texted her, “i’m the only one who owns U and controls who I want to f–k U”.
• On November 21, 2020, McMahon allegedly forced her to have sex with him in his office.
• On December 20, 2020, she and McMahon allegedly had a threesome with Laurinaitis.

2021

• On March 6, 2021, she, McMahon and Laurinaitis allegedly had a threesome.
• On March 9, 2021, McMahon verbally directed her to transfer to the WWE’s talent relations department, reporting to Laurinaitis. McMahon and Laurinaitis told her she would be promoted to vice president of operations in the department after one year.
• On May 24, 2021, McMahon messaged her to remind her that a mistake could destroy her career.
• On June 15, 2021, McMahon and Laurinaitis allegedly sexually assaulted her inside Laurinaitis’s office in the WWE headquarters. McMahon allegedly repeatedly reminded her to sexually perform for him and Laurinaitis.
• On June 23, 2021, McMahon allegedly gave her $15,000 in gift cards to Bloomingdales after sexually assaulting her in his private locker room.
• On July 12, 2021, McMahon allegedly directed her to create personalized sexual content for Lesnar and McMahon allegedly told Lesnar that she would do anything requested of her.
• In December 2021, Lesnar asked her to send a video of herself urinating and she obeyed.

2022

• On March 4, 2022, a WWE superstar asked explicit photos from her and she obeyed.
• On January 9, 2022, McMahon allegedly told her his wife had found out about their relationship so he terminated her WWE employment and asked her to sign a nondisclosure agreement and resign.
• After settling on a lump sum of $3,000,000, McMahon sent her $1,000,000 on February 4, 2022 and $10,000 on February 28, 2022.
• In March 2022, McMahon allegedly tried to traffic her to a WWE star who would be in New York City, New York, USA for a live event and television taping.

2024

• On January 25, 2024, she filed a lawsuit against McMahon, Laurinaitis and WWE.
• In June 2024, Judge Jeffery A. Meyer issued a six-month stay on the lawsuit she filed against McMahon, Laurinaitis and WWE.
• In July 2024, her attorneys filed a pre-action discovery petition against Colker and Peak Wellness as part of her lawsuit against McMahon, Laurinaitis and WWE.
• After the Netflix docuseries “Mr. McMahon” premiered on September 25, 2024, her public relations team issued a list that highlighted comments and allegations against McMahon and WWE.

2025

• On January 31, 2025, Lesnar and Michael Hayes were officially named in her lawsuit against McMahon, Laurinaitis and WWE.
• On February 7, 2025, her attorneys made a new filing with the Connecticut Superior Court, claiming that counsel for Colker and Peak Wellness admitted that McMahon paid for Colker to be her doctor and that Peak Wellness withheld medical records.
• A spokesperson representing her told USA Today Sports that Lesnar’s WWE return on August 3, 2025 was an “attempt to sweep misconduct under the rug”.