The closure of Janel Grant’s civil case against Vince McMahon and WWE is one step closer to being dismissed.
The legal representatives for the three parties filed a voluntary dismissal of the suit with prejudice on Friday.
Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1)(A)(ii), Plaintiff Janel Grant, by and through her undersigned counsel, hereby files this voluntary dismissal of the above-captioned action. Plaintiff, Defendant World Wrestling Entertainment, LLC, and Defendant Vincent K. McMahon (together, the “Parties”) stipulate and agree that this action and all claims pled herein are hereby dismissed with prejudice, but without prejudice as to the Parties’ rights to pursue their claims and defenses in arbitration in accordance with their agreement to arbitrate.
The filing was signed off by Grant’s attorney Ann Callis as well as Vince McMahon and WWE’s attorneys. McMahon is represented by Jessica Rosenberg of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld and WWE’s legal counsel is led by Daniel J. Toal of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison.
The voluntary dismissal still needs to be approved by the judge before transferring the case to arbitration.
Grant filed her lawsuit in January 2024, alleging she was sexually assaulted and trafficked and signed a non-disclosure agreement two years before the filing of the suit. The initial suit included John Laurinaitis as a listed defendant but was later dropped from the suit.
