Lawyers for Janel Grant, a former WWE employee who filed a lawsuit against the company and it’s ex-leader Vince McMahon, accusing him of sexual battery and trafficking, is now requesting that the company not enforce nondisclosure agreements with other former and current employees and contractors so they can potentially come forward with similar accusations, according to the Associated Press.
An attorney, on behalf of Grant, emailed a letter making the request late Monday to attorneys representing WWE, McMahon and John Laurinaitis, who is a former executive and on-screen talent, within Grant’s lawsuit.
McMahon, former CEO and chairman of WWE, has denied Grant’s allegations.
“If WWE and its parent company Endeavor are serious about parting ways with Vince McMahon and the toxic workplace culture he created, their executives should have no problem with releasing former WWE employees from their NDAs,” Ann Callis, Grant’s attorney, said in a statement. “This is the first step to rehabilitating a company that covered up decades of sexual assault and human trafficking.”
The letter stated – ”WWE cannot move on from its sordid past while its victims remain silenced” Callis wrote, according to Wrestlenomics’ Brandon Thurston, adding that “if WWE is truly committed to change, it must allow survivors to speak their truth without fear of reprisal.”
“We urge WWE to quickly and proactively release its current and former employees and contractors from any obligations under any WWE-executed NDA that would prevent them from discussing sexual misconduct, abuse, or assault during their time at WWE without delay,” Callis wrote. “WWE wants people to believe the company has changed—this is its chance to prove it.”
