VIDEO: Janel Grant Speaks on NDA and Lawsuit at Connecticut Capitol – Janel Grant appeared publicly on February 19, 2026, at a Capitol news briefing in Hartford, Connecticut. The event was organized by the Connecticut Alliance to End Sexual Violence and focused on the use of non-disclosure agreements in workplace misconduct cases.
Grant addressed the NDA tied to her lawsuit against WWE and Vince McMahon. She also discussed the impact of a June 2022 article published by The Wall Street Journal that identified her in a report detailing allegations against McMahon.
“On June 15th of 2022, my life was rewritten into someone else’s storyline. And I was globally outed in the Wall Street Journal. That is the life-wrecking and the mental health impact of this particular NDA,” Grant said.
She stated that the events had a severe effect on her mental health, including thoughts of self-harm. Grant said support from advocacy groups helped her during what she described as one of the most isolating periods of her life. She argued that NDAs can prevent workers from exposing harmful conduct and allow patterns of behavior to continue unchecked.
“Workplace safety depends on transparency because when employees cannot speak, patterns can’t be seen. When patterns can’t be seen, they can’t be stopped. When they can’t be stopped, harm spreads. When an NDA is used to conceal dangerous behavior, it simply relocates the harm to the next employee, the next office, the next victim,” she said.
Grant revealed that after the first report was published, WWE asked her to issue a joint statement describing the relationship as consensual. She declined. A company spokesperson later characterized the relationship as consensual in a follow-up article.
She also disclosed that in March 2023 she received a subpoena and whistleblower status from the SEC. Days later, McMahon and Ari Emanuel appeared on CNBC to announce the merger between Endeavor Group Holdings and WWE, forming TKO Group Holdings.
“In March of 2023, I got two things from the SEC. I got a subpoena, and I got whistleblower status. A couple days after that, Vince McMahon and Ari Emanuel suddenly appeared on CNBC to announce a deal of Endeavor and WWE, so color me the most surprised person on planet Earth,” Grant stated.
Near the end of her remarks, Grant directed a message to the TKO board, urging members to reflect on the company’s origins and engage in discussions about accountability. Her civil lawsuit, which alleges sexual assault and trafficking, is scheduled for arbitration in June 2026. John Laurinaitis was dismissed from the suit in May 2025 after reaching a confidential settlement and agreeing to provide evidence. McMahon resigned from TKO in early 2024 after the allegations became public.
VIDEO: Janel Grant Speaks on NDA and Lawsuit at Connecticut Capitol
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