Janel Grant delays Vince McMahon, WWE lawsuit at Justice Department’s request

Janel Grant has agreed to pause her lawsuit against Vince McMahon, WWE, and John Laurinaitis.

According to comments from Ann Callis, the attorney representing Grant, her client has agreed to a request by the US Attorney’s office to stay her litigation pending a non-public investigation into the matter.

“Ms. Grant has consented to a request by the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York to stay her case against Mr. McMahon, WWE and Mr. Laurinaitis, pursuant to a pending non-public investigation,” Ann Callis, an attorney for Grant, said in an emailed statement to Bloomberg on Thursday. “We will cooperate with all appropriate next steps.”

In February, The Wall Street Journal and ABC News reported that the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York had launched a criminal investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct and sex trafficking against McMahon.

“Basically the Grant lawsuit is pausing at the request of the Justice Department as the goverment is conducting its own investigation,” wrote our own Dave Meltzer.

McMahon’s lawyer Jessica Rosenberg, a partner of Kasowitz, Benson Torres, issued the following statement to WON/F4W and other media:

“We remain confident the evidence will prove Ms. Grant’s allegations are false and her complaint is nothing more than a fabricated, vindictive narrative from a disgruntled former girlfriend.”