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Janel Grant says she feels forgiveness toward Vince McMahon after case ends

McMahon's accuser reveals empathy for the former WWE chairman as their sex trafficking lawsuit moves to private arbitration.

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What to know

  • Janel Grant, who sued Vince McMahon for sexual assault and trafficking, now says she feels 'forgiveness' and 'empathy' for him after their case moved to private arbitration and was voluntarily dismissed.
  • Grant's focus has shifted from McMahon to identifying who leaked her allegations to media outlets, particularly The Wall Street Journal.
  • McMahon resigned from his TKO Group executive chairman role in January 2024 after the lawsuit became public, ending a brief return to leadership following his initial 2022 retirement.

“Instead, what occupies my brain is whatever series of events and decision-makers caused the anonymous emails to happen or The Wall Street Journal story to happen, and the events that have played out since, however they have …”

Janel Grant, McMahon's accuser · Sports Illustrated ↗ · Sep 21

Janel Grant McMahon's accuserVince McMahon Former WWE owner and TKO executive chairmanJohn Laurinaitis Co-defendant in Grant lawsuit

Janel Grant says she feels forgiveness toward Vince McMahon after case ends
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    “Forgiveness. I don't know how else to describe it, other than there's something that does not take up space in my brain. I feel even empathy, because in a weird way, and this is extreme polar opposites … the series of events that caused The Journal story to happen — whatever it was — it equally impacted him.”
    — Janel Grant
    1. 2 outlets Janel Grant forgives Vince McMahon, focused on who leaked her story to WWE

      first by Cageside Seats, 1d ago · also Yahoo Sports

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    2. 2 outlets first by NoDQ.com, 1d ago · also Sports Illustrated · read ↗

  2. background

    Grant's lawsuit voluntarily dismissed pending judge approval — Grant's lawsuit against McMahon was voluntarily dismissed, pending judicial approval, effectively concluding the public legal case.

  3. background

    Grant and McMahon agree to private arbitration — Grant and McMahon agreed to move the sex trafficking lawsuit into private arbitration, stepping away from public court proceedings.

  4. background

    McMahon resigns from TKO following Grant lawsuit becoming public — After Grant's lawsuit against McMahon became public, McMahon resigned from his position as Executive Chairman of TKO Group.

  5. background

    Janel Grant alleges sexual assault and trafficking by Vince McMahon — Grant filed a lawsuit accusing McMahon and John Laurinaitis of sexually assaulting and trafficking her while she was an employee of WWE. The scandal broke publicly in January 2024.

  6. background

    McMahon returns to oversee WWE-Endeavor sale and becomes TKO executive chairman — McMahon returned to WWE at the beginning of 2023 to usher in the company's sale to Endeavor, then took on the role of Executive Chairman of TKO Group, the new WWE parent company.

  7. background

    WWE board investigates McMahon for hush money payments — WWE's board of directors investigated McMahon for alleged hush money payments made to multiple employees, including Grant, for similar allegations. McMahon subsequently retired from WWE in 2022.