On May 30, an Assistant US Attorney for the Southern District of New York filed a notice to appear in the trial Janel Grant vs WWE, Vince McMahon, John Laurinaitis. The lawsuit is on hold pending a “non-public investigation.” In a statement released to the media, Ann Callis, Grant’s lawyer, said the two had agreed to the postponement and would continue to collaborate as the matter progresses.
Case suspended
Yesterday, Judge Jeffery A. Meyer officially suspended the proceedings for the next six months, meaning they cannot be resumed on December 11. A statement released by a spokesperson for Vince McMahon said this: “McMahon is eager to prove Ms. Grant’s claims are false and to expose her lies, but he did not oppose the government’s request to stay the matter in connection with the investigation into the WWE disclosures. After the six-month suspension, when her legal team is able to obtain documentation and have Ms. Grant and others testify, the evidence will demonstrate that the relationship was consensual and that Ms. Grant’s allegations are malicious constructions of a abandoned lover”. For the record, following the recess, Respondent’s motion to compel arbitration and Grant’s motion to strike comments from McMahon’s documents were denied. Even if they were denied without prejudice, which means they can be resubmitted when the proceedings are reopened. John Lauriniatis recently filed a statement of facts, as his latest version of the case supports McMahon’s request for arbitration.
