Janel Grant Claims Explicit Evidence Was Shared With WWE Board Without Her Knowledge or Consent

Janel Grant has gone public with a detailed Instagram statement alleging that graphic evidence involving her was produced, reviewed, and distributed to members of WWE’s Board of Directors during the company’s 2022 internal investigation — all without her knowledge or consent.

Grant, a former WWE employee, filed a federal lawsuit in Connecticut in January 2024 against WWE and former Chairman Vince McMahon, alleging sex trafficking among other claims. McMahon has denied the allegations. The 2022 internal investigation came in the wake of hush money and sexual misconduct allegations that ultimately led to McMahon stepping away from the company.

In her statement, Grant said she participated in good faith in the investigation, spending six figures on legal retainers and medical care and spending months preparing — only for the investigation to close without anyone speaking to her directly. She says she only learned about the handling of the evidence recently, after reading documents from a shareholder’s case.

“Without my knowledge and without my consent, explicitly graphic evidence was produced to a special committee as part of this investigation,” Grant wrote. “These photos and exchanges, described in plurals, depict me in some vulnerable and/or compromising way.”

Grant alleged the material was described using terms including “sexual,” “very graphic language and photos,” “something that looks more like sexual abuse,” “trafficking,” and “nefarious.” She further claimed the evidence was “produced, viewed, distilled into graphic summaries, and read out” to WWE board members, senior executives, and future board members — and that neither she nor her legal team were notified despite active communication between attorneys at the time.

In her statement, Grant posed a series of pointed questions: who saw the evidence, who received readouts, and where copies of the images and summaries are currently stored.

She explained her decision to speak publicly in direct terms. “I don’t want anything remotely like this to happen to anyone else,” she wrote. “Safety matters. Dignity matters. How we treat each other matters.”

Grant’s statement adds a significant new layer to an already closely watched legal and corporate saga surrounding McMahon and WWE’s handling of misconduct allegations in the years leading up to his departure from the company.