Janel Grant, Vince McMahon and WWE move their issues out of the public eye for good

Vince McMahon arrives at Stamford Superior Court on Thursday Morning, October 16, 2025, Stamford, Conn. | H. John Voorhees III/Connecticut Post via Getty Images Yesterday (July 20), an attorney for Janel Grant filed a joint status report with the U.S. District Court in Connecticut on behalf of her client and the defendants in her 2024 civil suit alleging sexual assault and trafficking, Vince McMahon and WWE. As has been expected since another filing by lawyers representing all three parties last month, the latest confirms all parties have agreed to take their issues out of public court and into private arbitration. Noteworthy in the new document is that Grant’s team will follow it within five days with a request that the court dismiss her suit with prejudice, which means it will be permanently closed and can’t be revisted: Pursuant to the Court’s July 13, 2026 order, ECF No. 151, Plaintiff Janel Grant, Defendant World Wrestling Entertainment, LLC, and Defendant Vincent K. McMahon (to