WWE star Brock Lesnar officially named in Vince McMahon sexual abuse lawsuit

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The sexual abuse lawsuit against former WWE head honcho Vince McMahon just got bigger – a lot bigger.

After almost a year of speculation, Brock Lesnar officially was named as the WWE star that McMahon allegedly attempted to “traffic” a former female employee to in an updated version of the suit.

The evidence was added to an amended version of the original complaint, which claims Janel Grant, a former employee of WWE experienced “physical and emotional abuse, sexual assault and trafficking” while working at the sports entertainment company.

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On Jan. 31, lawyers for Grant filed the amended complaint which includes previously unseen texts and voice messages, and provides “new evidence that McMahon treated Ms. Grant as a commodity to sexually abuse and offer to other men.”

The original complaint was filed in January 2024 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut against McMahon, WWE executive John Laurinaitis and the company. With the latest update, it reportedly has grown from 67 pages to 101.

The latest amended version alleges that Lesnar is the employee of the company previously referred to anonymously as “WWE Superstar,” and it also alleges that McMahon offered Grant to Lesnar for a sexual encounter during contract negotiations.

The amendment also claims that the WWE founder instructed Grant to send sexually explicit content to Lesnar, who also is a former UFC star.

According to the updated complaint, McMahon allegedly informed Grant that Lesnar would be their next “playmate” and directed her to “create personalized sexual content” for the wrestler.

The suit also claims that in 2021, “McMahon flew and/or caused Lesnar to fly on a jet into a local airport and travel into Connecticut (across state lines) for what McMahon described to Ms. Grant as a ‘business dinner,’ as well as a sexual encounter with Ms. Grant in McMahon’s condo.”

Lesnar and Grant did not have a “sexual encounter” that day, however, “because he was too intoxicated and taken back to the plane,” the complaint claims.

WARNING: Graphic sexual descriptions

The updated filing also includes more graphic and sexually explicit messages that McMahon allegedly sent to Grant, including a message in which he calls her a “little whoring b****,” one in which he describes a fantasy of men leaving her “physically wrecked” and one that states, “I’m the only one who owns U and controls who I want to f*** U.”

McMahon’s lawyer, Jessica T. Rosenberg, hit back at the new claims when asked by People.

“As expected, the proposed amended complaint is nothing more than the latest publicity stunt in an ongoing smear campaign,” Rosenberg said in a statement, adding that the amended complaint is “filled with desperate falsehoods from a team that continues to disregard the law and the truth.”

A representative for Lesnar did not immediately respond to the outlet’s request for comment, nor did representatives for WWE.

In the original complaint, Grant accused McMahon of soliciting sex in exchange for giving her a job at WWE and of abusing her during their physical relationship.

McMahon voluntarily stepped down from his position at WWE in June 2022 after the company launched an investigation into allegations he paid a former employee $3 million to hide their affair.

Lesnar has not appeared with the company since August 2023 and reportedly was written out of programming due to his reported involvement in the McMahon investigation.