Vince McMahon to blame for WWE’s ‘culture of corruption,’ attorney for former employee says

A brand new documentary concerning the rise and fall of World Wrestling Leisure’s Vince McMahon debuted on Netflix early Wednesday, and it is eliciting a wide range of feelings from certainly one of his accusers.

The six-part “Mr. McMahon” options interviews with McMahon and touches on controversies which have plagued his decadeslong profession. They embrace accusations of intercourse trafficking by Janel Grant, a former WWE worker who accused McMahon in a civil swimsuit in January of forcing her right into a sexual relationship in change for a job.

“I believe she’s fearful, however that’s her basic way of thinking,” stated Ann Callis, who’s Grant’s lawyer. “She’s been fearful since she’s been intercourse trafficked.”

Callis stated Grant, who didn’t take part within the documentary however whose story is featured, has but to look at the sequence. “Not having any management over what is alleged about her does instill some worry … however you already know, she’s surviving,” she stated.

As for why she’s not within the sequence, “Janel thinks she wants to inform her story in her personal manner and on the proper time for her. She’s not a WWE storyline. She needs to take possession of her personal story, and I believe she deserves the dignity of that,” Callis stated.

Grant agreed to pause her civil case in Could, pending a federal investigation by the Southern District of New York. NBC Information has reported that WWE disclosed final yr that investigators served McMahon with a federal grand jury subpoena and executed a search warrant.

McMahon didn’t reply to a request for remark. In a press release forward of the documentary’s launch, he stated producers used “typical enhancing methods” to “assist a deception narrative.” He stated he hoped viewers would “do not forget that there are two sides to each story.” 

Grant’s lawsuit additionally alleged that she was assaulted by WWE government John Laurinaitis, who has denied the accusation. His attorneys have stated they’d “be vigorously defending these expenses in courtroom, not the media.”

Callis stated her agency is investigating different potential claims towards McMahon and WWE.

“If I may sum it up typically, it’s a tradition of corruption,” Callis stated. “There’s a tradition of victimization of ladies. We’ve heard from men and women that there wasn’t actually a security internet there. It was Vince’s present.”

McMahon turned a family identify after he co-founded the $8 billion enterprise empire that paved the best way for Hulk Hogan, John Cena, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and different superstars.

They’re additionally included within the docuseries.

The sequence additionally addresses different allegations, together with accusations that former WWE referee Rita Chatterton was sexually assaulted in 1986.

“When you’re accused of rape, you’re a rapist,” McMahon says within the docuseries. “Nevertheless it was consensual. And truly, had it been a rape, the statute of limitations had run out. So it’s all sort of crap like that that individuals are digging up and looking for on you.”