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John Laurinaitis’ lawyer responds to Janel Grant court filing

Posted on by Ian Carey

A lawyer representing former WWE executive John Laurinaitis has commented on the latest court filings in Janel Grant’s lawsuit against WWE and Vince McMahon.

Laurinaitis was originally named as a co-defendant in the lawsuit, but the claims against him were voluntarily dismissed in May 2025 after he agreed to cooperate and provide evidence for Grant’s side.

On April 1, Grant’s team filed a memorandum opposing motions by WWE and McMahon to move the case to private arbitration rather than keep it in public court. In the filing, Grant referenced several incidents during her time at WWE in which she alleges she was forced into sexual situations with Laurinaitis.

Edward M. Brennan, Laurinaitis’ attorney, provided the following statement to Post Wrestling:

“My client has no need to comment on this salacious affidavit,” Brennan said on behalf of Laurinaitis. “Anyone can make allegations. Whether those allegations can withstand the harsh sunlight of cross-examination is another matter entirely.”

Brennan added: “I note that after two-plus years of litigation, Mr. Laurinaitis remains the only party exonerated by an independent investigation commissioned by the WWE Board of Directors to review these matters and the only person dismissed, with prejudice, from this lawsuit. Those facts speak louder than any allegations made to buttress a suspect claim.”

Grant’s full memorandum from April 1 is available here.

John Laurinaitis announced for public appearance

Posted on by Joseph Currier

John Laurinaitis has resurfaced on social media ahead of making a public appearance next month.

Returning to X/Twitter with one of his first posts since 2021, Laurinaitis promoted that he will be appearing for the Ohio-based World Classic Professional Big Time Wrestling organization in Chillicothe on March 14. He will be signing autographs and participating in photo ops at their fan fest that day and also appearing at their March Mayhem indie show.

Laurinaitis, who was fired from WWE in 2022 following allegations of misconduct, was initially named as a defendant in the lawsuit Janel Grant filed against Vince McMahon and WWE in 2024. He was later removed from the ongoing suit as he agreed to cooperate and provide evidence against the other defendants. Laurinaitis claimed that he was not a predator but rather a victim in the case.

The 63-year-old Laurinaitis has largely stayed away from public life amid the situation. An appearance that he was supposed to make for Big Time Collectibles in 2023 was canceled due to negative feedback.

In a Facebook post, World Classic Professional Big Time Wrestling thanked fans, media, and “trolls” for bringing attention to their event.

“Thank you to the great fans, media and trolls for supporting our incredible event!,” the organization wrote. “Everyone is talking about March Mayhem!”

Diamond Dallas Page, Jerry Lawler, Mickie James, Stan Hansen, Paul Ellering, Butterbean, and Hornswoggle are among the others set to appear. The event is being held at the Shoemaker Center on the campus of Ohio University Chillicothe.

Laurinaitis, a former wrestler, worked as head of talent relations for WWE and also had an on-screen role as general manager.

John Laurinaitis, more subpoenaed as part of WWE shareholder lawsuit

Posted on by Ian Carey

More subpoenas have been filed in the WWE shareholder lawsuit.

The suit alleges that Vince McMahon orchestrated WWE’s 2023 merger with Endeavor to ensure he remained in power, bypassing other potential buyers who likely wouldn’t have kept him in charge, and failing to maximize shareholder value.

Filed in Delaware Chancery Court in November 2023, it was brought on behalf of WWE shareholders, led by the Ohio Laborers’ Pension Fund. The defendants include McMahon, WWE executives Nick Khan and Paul Levesque, and former board members George Barrios and Michelle Wilson. The plaintiffs claim the defendants enabled McMahon’s plan and failed to run a fair sale process.

Wrestlenomics reported on Monday that several new subpoenas have been issued related to the lawsuit. The documents are not currently publicly available.

According to the report, John Laurinaitis was scheduled to be deposed last Friday via Zoom from his attorney’s office. It’s presumed the deposition took place. This follows Janel Grant voluntarily dismissing Laurinaitis from her lawsuit in May, after he agreed to provide evidence in her case against McMahon and WWE.

Liberty Media and the private equity firm KKR are scheduled to be deposed. While not confirmed, both companies are believed to have been potential bidders for WWE in 2023.

McMahon’s personal assistants, Paul and Michael Mangieri, have also been subpoenaed.

The case is currently in the discovery phase, with more depositions expected in the coming weeks.

WOR: Mariah May’s future, AEW Double or Nothing PPV buys, other news from the WON

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Dave Meltzer and I, Garrett Gonzales, are back with our Friday edition of Wrestling Observer Radio, talking about all the big news from today’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

Here were some of the other things we discussed:

  • Mariah May’s future
  • AEW Double or Nothing PPV buys
  • The name of Vince McMahon’s new company
  • The timeline of John Laurinaitis becoming head of talent relations in WWE
  • Dark Side of the Ring on Daffney and the Muhammed Hassan character

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June 2, 2025 Observer Newsletter: AEW Double or Nothing & WWE SNME recaps, John Laurinaitis dropped from Janel Grant lawsuit

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Dave Meltzer is back with another edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

The lead story is this past Sunday’s AEW Double or Nothing which saw the finals of the men’s and women’s Owen Hart Foundation tournaments, a wild Anarchy in the Arena match, and more.

He also looks at WWE’s weekend with both Saturday Night’s Main Event and NXT Battleground which saw Trick Williams win the TNA World Championship.

He looks at John Laurinaitis being dropped from the Janel Grant lawsuit against Vince McMahon and WWE and all the details behind that.

All that and more awaits.

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Janel Grant voluntarily dismisses claims against John Laurinaitis

Posted on by Ian Carey

Attorneys for Janel Grant have dismissed all claims against John Laurinaitis in her ongoing lawsuit alleging sexual abuse involving WWE and Vince McMahon.

In a court filing submitted Wednesday to the United States District Court of Connecticut, Grant voluntarily dismissed the case with prejudice as it relates to Laurinaitis. This means she cannot refile the claims against him. The dismissal applies only to Laurinaitis. Grant is continuing her legal action against WWE and Vince McMahon.

Today’s filing reads: 

“Plaintiff Janel Grant hereby stipulates with Defendant John Laurinaitis that the above-entitled action is voluntarily dismissed, with prejudice, against Defendant John Laurinaitis. For the sake of clarity, Plaintiff is not dismissing any claims against any defendant other than Mr. Laurinaitis. Each party shall bear its own costs.”

The filing states that each party will bear their own legal costs.

In a statement to Post Wrestling, Grant’s lawyers say that Laurinaitis has agreed to provide evidence for Grant’s lawsuit against McMahon and WWE. Brandon Thurston would later clarify that the statement comes from both Grant and Laurinaitis.

“John Laurinaitis has agreed to cooperate and provide evidence in Janel Grant’s lawsuit against Vince McMahon and WWE. His agreement to a confidential settlement is a pivotal next step toward holding McMahon and WWE accountable and bringing justice to Ms. Grant after years of sexual abuse and trafficking. Mr. Laurinaitis looks forward to moving on with his life. We cannot provide any additional details at this time.”

The case is currently awaiting a ruling on whether it will be sent to private arbitration. Lawyers for the defendents have until June 13 to refile their motion to compel arbitration. Grant’s team will have until June 23 to respond, and a decision will be made after. 

Earlier this month, a federal judge granted Grant’s request to file an amended complaint to include information regarding WWE’s settlement with the SEC over undisclosed payments, expanded allegations of abuse, the naming of alleged enablers, and efforts to obtain medical records from a doctor she alleges was paid by McMahon. 

Brie Bella confirms mother Kathy Colace’s divorce from John Laurinaitis

Posted on by Ian Carey

Kathy Colace has divorced John Laurinaitis.

Laurinaitis and Colace (mother of Nikki & Brie Garcia, FKA the Bella Twins) were married in 2016 after becoming engaged the previous year. In January, former WWE employee Janel Grant filed a lawsuit against Laurinaitis, as well as WWE and Vince McMahon, alleging misconduct, including claims of sexual abuse and human trafficking.

Laurinaitis was officially let go from WWE in August 2022, amid the lawsuit, after being with the company for 21 years.

Colace was a guest on a recent episode of The Nikki & Brie Show and Brie confirmed that her mother is no longer married.

“Is it fine to tell everyone that you’re divorced?” Brie asked Colace on the show. “She’s not ‘single ready to mingle’ by no means. She is, I feel like, enjoying her independent time. But people, I think, are curious just to know where you’re at.”

Colace responded:

“I’ll tell you how the experience is from someone that goes through it. You need time, you need silence. And this goes for anyone, we all have our stories, we all have our challenges. So, my thought is this, let yourself feel every emotion because one day life is fine and the next day you’re hit with something that just rocks your world.”

“As a person going through it, you need to feel anger and heartbreak and sadness and recovery. Our body is made to feel emotion and when you tuck an emotion away, it will find its way out. So my recommendation to anyone going through anything challenging: Give yourself some grace, allow yourself to feel all the emotions that you will feel, and sit in silence and appreciate yourself because you will get through this. And if you need outside help to get through it, seek outside help.”

Earlier this year, Brie’s husband Bryan Danielson hinted at Laurinaitis and Colace’s separation during an interview with Gorilla Position. When asked about the allegations against McMahon and Laurinaitis, he responded

“There’s not a lot I want to say about it, honestly, other than — because it’s not just the Vince piece, it’s also my father-in-law, maybe ex-father-in-law, as far as that kind of stuff goes. It’s just, you know, you think of somebody in some way, and then something happens and it changes. And that’s always hard.”

The full episode of The Nikki & Brie Show is available below.

Bryan Danielson discusses changing feelings toward Vince McMahon

Posted on by Joseph Currier

In an interview with Gorilla Position, Bryan Danielson briefly discussed how his feelings toward Vince McMahon have changed in the wake of Janel Grant’s lawsuit.

Danielson has expressed love and admiration for McMahon in the past, writing in a 2021 Players’ Tribune article that he wishes more people could view McMahon in the way that he does. While it’s been tough for Danielson to see everything that has come out since then, he knows that what really matters are the feelings of those who have allegedly been victimized by McMahon.

“First and foremost, I want to say that people who have been hurt are in a way worse position than I am. My empathy goes to them,” Danielson said.

Grant’s lawsuit accuses McMahon of physical and emotional abuse, sexual assault, and sex trafficking. WWE and John Laurinaitis are also named as defendants. McMahon resigned from WWE this January while Laurinaitis was fired from the company in 2022.

Laurinaitis is Danielson’s father-in-law, but Danielson seemingly indicated to Gorilla Position that Laurinaitis and Kathy Colace (the mother of Brie Garcia) are not together anymore.

“But, yeah, there’s not a lot I want to say about it, honestly, other than — because it’s not just the Vince piece, it’s also my father-in-law, maybe ex-father-in-law, as far as that kind of stuff goes,” Danielson said. “It’s just, you know, you think of somebody in some way, and then something happens and it changes. And that’s always hard. But like I said, as hard as that may be for me emotionally, like this emotional thing, it’s way worse for people who have been victimized by people in power.”

Danielson did not want to speak for either Brie or Nikki Garcia in regards to the situation.

“If they want to talk about it, they can talk about it,” Danielson said. “This should be a core tenet of everybody is to not — if somebody is willing to tell you their feelings of something that’s really hard, it’s not your place to tell everybody else. So, yeah, if they want to talk about it, they can. That’s not my jam.”

Gorilla Position’s full conversation with Danielson is available to watch below. The interview was to promote All In, where Danielson will challenge Swerve Strickland for the AEW World Championship on August 25. If Danielson doesn’t win the match, he will retire from in-ring competition.

John Laurinaitis files statement regarding Janel Grant, Vince McMahon lawsuit

Posted on by Ian Carey

John Laurinaitis has filed a “statement of material facts” regarding Janel Grant’s lawsuit against him, WWE, and Vince McMahon.

Two weeks ago, Grant agreed to pause her litigation in response to a request by the US Attorney’s office pending a non-public investigation into the matter. However, on June 8, Laurinaitis’ legal team filed a document with three stated facts in support of the motion to send Grant’s lawsuit to private arbitration. They also state that Laurinaitis believed he was a “released party” of any lawsuits brought on by Grant due to her NDA with WWE and McMahon.

Laurinaitis’ filing reads:

“I, John Laurinaitis, declare under penalty of perjury as
follows:

  • At all times material to the allegations set forth in the Complaint, I was an employee of World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.
  • As a full-time employee of WWE, it is my understanding that I was listed as a released party from any and all lawsuits or causes of action by Plaintiff Grant.
  • Pursuant to the terms of the Confidential Settlement Agreement, General Release, and Covenant Not to Sue (Dkt. 30-2) it is my understanding that the sole and exclusive legal method to resolve any disputes related to the Confidential Settlement Agreement would be in binding arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act.”

Laurinaitis filed a motion in support of sending the lawsuit to arbitration in a filing early last month. He had previously claimed, through lawyers, that he was also a victim of McMahon in regards to the allegations made by Grant. 

“Like the Plaintiff, Mr. Laurinaitis is a victim in this case, not a predator. The truth will come out,” Laurinaitis’ lawyer said in a statement on February 1.  

May 6, 2024 Observer Newsletter: John Laurinaitis aligns with Vince McMahon in Grant lawsuit, WWE Draft & roster recap

Posted on by Dave Meltzer

John Laurinaitis, who would have been a key figure in the Janel Grant lawsuit against Vince McMahon, Laurinaitis, and the WWE, has seemingly flipped to siding with McMahon based on a statement from lawyer Edward M. Brennan on 5/2.

“John Laurinaitis has filed a Motion today fully joining in and adopting Vince McMahon’s motion to compel arbitration. Mr. Laurinaitis corroborates Mr. McMahon in publicly declaring that Ms. Grant’s allegations of sexual abuse and coercion in her Complaint are completely unfounded. My client will fight these false allegations together with Mr. McMahon in the proper forum, arbitration.”

Previously Brennan released statements that backed up Grant’s side, but claiming he, like Grant, was the victim of McMahon.

“Mr. Laurinaitis denies the allegations in the misguided complaint and will be vigorously defending these charges in Court, not the media,” Laurinaitis’ lawyer Edward Brennan told VICE News in February. ““Like the Plaintiff, Mr. Laurinaitis is a victim in this case, not a predator. The truth will come out.”

Brennan had previously called the Grant complaint well written but that Laurinaitis was coerced into the situation by McMahon, just like Grant was.

By stating that he sided with McMahon and that no sexual abuse or coercion took place, it hurts Grant’s argument.

It would make sense for Laurinaitis to want everything in arbitration because a sympathetic jury and everything in public would bring with it far more publicity regarding McMahon, but also a sympathetic jury could be more unfavorable from a financial standpoint to McMahon and Laurinaitis provided the jury believed Grant.

Those close to McMahon have stated that they believe her story will fall apart once she’s deposed.

Other stories this week include:

  • A full analysis of the WWE Draft and the new rosters
  • A preview of WWE Backlash in France
  • Lots more

Subscribers can click here to read this week’s issue.

John Laurinaitis supports Vince McMahon motion in Janel Grant lawsuit

Posted on by Ian Carey

John Laurinaitis’ legal team has released a statement in support of Vince McMahon’s motion to compel arbitration in Janel Grant’s lawsuit. 

McMahon’s legal team filed a motion on April 23 requesting that the court recognize an arbitration clause in an NDA Grant signed and send the matter to an independent arbitrator rather than it going to litigation. This would mean the proceedings would take place behind closed doors.

Laurinaitis’ lawyer, Edward M. Brennan, released the following statement on behalf of his client on Thursday:

John Laurinaitis has filed a Motion today fully joining in and adopting Vince McMahon’s motion to compel arbitration. Mr. Laurinaitis corroborates Mr. McMahon in publicly declaring that Ms. Grant’s allegations of sexual abuse and coercion in her Complaint are completely unfounded. My client will fight these false allegations together with Mr. McMahon in the proper forum, arbitration.

McMahon’s lawyer, Jessica Taub Rosenberg, Partner at Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP, released the following statement on Thursday in reaction to the motion filed by Laurinaitis’ legal team:

In January 2024, Ms. Grant, a 43-year-old with a law degree, who was in love with Mr. McMahon and devastated by their break-up, filed an outrageous and false lawsuit to ruin Mr. McMahon’s career and reputation. Now, her false allegations are slowly unraveling. Today, Mr. Laurinaitis’ attorney confirmed his client will corroborate Mr. McMahon’s account and expose the lies within the Complaint. Despite their intense efforts, Ms. Grant’s attorneys won’t be able to suppress the truth from coming out.

Representatives of Laurinaitis had previously stated that their client was a victim of McMahon in this case. 

“Like the Plaintiff, Mr. Laurinaitis is a victim in this case, not a predator. The truth will come out,” Brennan said in a statement on February 1.  

However, Brennan’s statement today suggests his client and McMahon’s legal team will work together in their defense. 

“John Laurinaitis filed a motion basically flipping and joining with Vince McMahon in stating Janel Grant’s stories weren’t true,” our own Dave Meltzer commented on the situation. 

A copy of today’s motion to compel arbitration from Laurinaitis’ legal team is below:

Defendant John Laurinaitis, by and through his undersigned attorneys, respectfully moves this Court for an order compelling arbitration of this matter pursuant to the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. §§ 3, 4, for the reasons set forth more fully in Defendant Vincent K. McMahon’s Motion to Compel Arbitration (Doc. 30) and Defendant McMahon’s Memorandum of Law in Support of Motion to Compel Arbitration (Doc. 30-1) which legal arguments advanced therein are adopted in full and joined by Defendant Laurinaitis as though set forth herein. Defendant Laurinaitis further moves the Court for such other and further relief as the Court may deem just and proper and seeks leave to advance additional and or other responses, defenses, counter-claims and or affirmative defenses to Plaintiff’s Complaint in the event the Motion to Compel Arbitration is denied.

Ronda Rousey: WWE is an absolute sh*tshow I don’t intend on going back to

Posted on by Josh Nason

On a day when excerpts of her new book caught the interest of the wrestling world, former WWE and UFC star Ronda Rousey made some additional comments Wednesday that included telling two WWE executives to “go f*ck themselves,” that she doesn’t intend on returning to the company, and that concussions were the reason she retired.

During an 18-minute video alongside her sister and co-author Maria Burns Ortiz, Rousey was asked about what fans would be most be surprised about in reading her new “Our Fight” book — the follow-up to her “My Fight/Your Fight” bestseller.

Among other things, she said, “…how much of an absolute sh*tshow it is at the WWE. They can’t hold a sword over my head and hold me hostage with my own career. I don’t need anything from them and I don’t intend on going back. I can say everything I think and feel where everyone else that is held captive by their organization can not.”

Rousey said she was held back on saying even more about her WWE experiences than she did in the book due to a contractual word count. She specifically took aim at John Laurinaitis and Bruce Prichard who she “was going to talk so much more sh*t about,” saying in an earlier part of the interview that the two could “can go f*ck themselves.”

Rousey did not mention any other executives like Vince McMahon, Paul Levesque or Nick Khan. Several excerpts released earlier Wednesday featured some choice comments Rousey had about McMahon and called out how WWE had treated female talent in the past.

The former WWE Raw and SmackDown Women’s Champion also revealed that her career ended due to concussions that she first started suffering during her judo career. She said that she had to keep them a secret for years so she could continue to compete and perform, adding that WWE has a “complicated history” with their talents getting concussed so she felt she couldn’t talk about it.

In October 2023, Rousey said she was retiring from wrestling — several months after she lost to friend Shayna Baszler at WWE SummerSlam in her final match there. However, she returned that same month at a Lucha VaVoom show, teaming with friend Marina Shafir against Brian Kendrick and Taya Valkyrie. 

She followed that up with a November match for Wrestling Revolver, teaming with Shafir against Athena and Billie Starkz which was followed by a rematch in her Ring of Honor debut. AEW and ROH head Tony Khan said there was no plans to sign Rousey past that one match but that he would have her back anytime.

Wrestling Observer Live: Vince McMahon & Billy Jack Haynes facing separate & serious allegations

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It’s Saturday and that means it’s time for Wrestling Observer Live.

A warning: If you want to hear about pro wrestling storylines and the road to WrestleMania, this is not the show for you.

After being gone for two weeks, I finally give my opinion of the situation with Janel Grant, Vince McMahon and John Laurinaitis and explain why certain arguments against Grant are ridiculous.

Then I discuss former Portland wrestling and WWE star Billy Jack Haynes and the tragic situation police are still investigating in Portland, Oregon.

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John Laurinaitis lawyer: WWE knew about Ashley Massaro rape claim

Posted on by Ian Carey

The lawyer representing John Laurinaitis says WWE management was aware of allegations made by Ashley Massaro despite what the company claimed. 

In an affidavit released by her lawyer the day after her death in 2019, Massaro alleges she was drugged and raped by someone representing themselves as a U.S Army doctor. The alleged assault took place in 2007 while Massaro was doing a public relations tour of military bases in Kuwait. 

Massaro’s affidavit also says that Vince McMahon and Laurinaitis told her not to talk about the incident in order to help preserve WWE’s relationship with the U.S. military. 

“(McMahon) told me not to let one bad experience ruin the good work they were doing,” she said in the affidavit.

WWE released a statement a few days after the affidavit was released stating they were never informed of the alleged assault and that if they had been, they would have “reported it immediately to the Base Commander.”

However, Edward Brennan, the lawyer representing Laurinaitis, recently spoke to Vice regarding the matter. He says that WWE management was aware of Massaro’s claims, although he objected to calling the situation a “cover-up.” 

“Any allegations that Mr. Laurinaitis helped to cover up an alleged rape allegation is an outright lie,” Brennan wrote to Vice. “Johnny, like most upper level management at sometime became aware of the allegations and ensured all proper WWE protocols were followed, including privacy for the alleged victim. We object to the use of the term cover up as no such plan or plot ever took place to hide or assist in the alleged rape.” 

An investigation into Massaro’s claims was made by The Naval Criminal Intelligence Service in June 2019 and closed in January 2020. The findings have not been made public. 

Massaro passed away on May 16, 2019, at the age of 39. Her death was covered in the May 2017, 2019 edition of The Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Our own Dave Meltzer wrote of her passing: 

Massaro, who had battled depression for years, was 39. In a 2017 affidavit when being party to a lawsuit against the company, she claimed she was raped and sodomized while doing a public relations tour of military bases while working for WWE in 2007, which she was told to keep quiet about, a charge WWE has denied in the past and did again this past week.

Depression is a much larger issue in society than most truly understand. For a number of reasons, it is very strong in pro wrestling, as well as other forms of entertainment, due to the extreme highs involved in performing and fleeting nature of fame and the pressure on performing.

Vince McMahon reportedly drafted & signed NDAs without WWE’s knowledge

Posted on by Josh Nason

The NDAs that several women signed with Vince McMahon were reportedly created in secret and entered into without WWE’s knowledge with McMahon even going as far as to sign them on the company’s behalf.

The report comes from “a person familiar with the situation” via VICE’s Tim Marchman who added that detail is the reason WWE had to issue revised earning statements following the summer of 2022 scandal that erupted when McMahon’s hush money payments to women he allegedly had sexual affairs with became public.

In talking with several legal experts, Marchman reported that the terms in the aforementioned NDAs are likely unenforceable. In Janel Grant’s case, the fact McMahon paid $1 million of the $3 million agreed to likely makes any deal null and void.

Grant went public last week in a detailed lawsuit against McMahon, John Laurinaitis, and WWE, accusing McMahon of sex trafficking and sexual abuse.

From the story:

“An NDA cannot be used as a shield to prevent a victim from bringing criminal charges or speaking to investigators. If these women or others desire to speak out in public or bring civil suits, though, it’s not clear that an agreement like the one Grant signed would prevent that.”

A day after his lawyer said his client was a victim like Grant under McMahon’s control, Laurinaitis’ lawyer Edward Brennan told VICE they will “go where the evidence leads” when it comes to whether other company executives were aware and involved in what Grant is alleging happened during her three-year tenure with WWE.

There is then the revelation that McMahon signed the secret agreements on the company’s behalf without their knowledge after getting counsel from longtime lawyer Jerry McDevitt:

“According to a source familiar with the matter, though, the contract was in fact executed, with McMahon secretly signing on both his behalf and that of WWE after seeking counsel from his longtime attorney, Jerry McDevitt, a seeming conflict of interest Goldberg called “bizarre.””

Goldberg is lawyer Carrie Goldberg, who represented victims of Harvey Weinstein, and was interviewed for the article. She also noted that the copy Grant filed in the lawsuit wasn’t signed by McMahon “in either his personal capacity or role as then-chair of WWE” as “normally, all parties would receive an executed copy of the contract.”

McMahon stepped down as TKO executive chairman last Friday, a day after the lawsuit became public. On Friday, it became public that McMahon has been under federal investigation for the allegations that first surfaced in 2022.