Janel Grant and her attorney, Erica Nolan, spoke in front of the Connecticut Labor and Public Employees Committee this week, advocating for a bill to reform NDAs in the state.
This past Tuesday, Grant appeared alongside attorney Erica Nolan and spoke in favor of Senate Bill 355, which seeks to limit the usage of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) in cases of workplace harassment and discrimination.
Nolan outlined what Grant has gone through when she worked at WWE, which led to a 2024 lawsuit filed against WWE, Vince McMahon & John Laurinaitis alleging sexual assault and trafficking. Laurinaitis has been dropped as a defendant from the case. McMahon denies the allegations.
For someone bound by an NDA, intimidation does not have to be loud or obvious – it can be as simple as a letter from a lawyer reminding a victim of what they signed.
In Ms. Grant’s case, however, the intimidation has been both loud and obvious. She has faced public retaliation, exposure of her personal information, witness intimidation, and even public mockery on national television of what she experienced.
The purpose of the bill is not to eliminate non-disclosure agreements when they are used for lawful and legitimate purposes, such as protecting trade secrets, but not to be used to conceal illegal behavior.
Grant spoke about filing a police report over the past week due to online “intimidation tactics” that she felt posed a threat to her safety, without specifying what those consisted of. She filed a report, and the police contacted WWE, but Grant said that WWE did not respond to their call.
POST Wrestling has reached out to WWE for comment regarding the police report and if they were contacted.
It was Grant’s second public appearance after she spoke at a briefing for the Connecticut Alliance to End Sexual Violence last month.
Nolan is a partner at Hurwitz Sagarin & Slossberg and serves as Grant’s counsel in her ongoing legal case against WWE and Vince McMahon.
