Simply weeks after the information of a lawsuit filed in opposition to former WWE CEO and board chairman Vince McMahon alleging sexual abuse and trafficking, particulars have emerged that federal prosecutors are investigating McMahon, in accordance with The Wall Road Journal. The federal investigation, the report states, additionally entails allegations of sexual abuse and trafficking.
McMahon was served with a federal search warrant and subpoena this previous July. Based on the report, federal brokers had been looking for “paperwork associated to any allegation of ‘rape, intercourse trafficking, sexual assault, business intercourse transaction, harassment or discrimination’ in opposition to present or former WWE staff.”
Prosecutors have reportedly spoken to a number of ladies named within the grand jury subpoena who had been alleged to have obtained settlement agreements and signed non-disclosure agreements over sexual misconduct by McMahon.
One of many alleged victims, Janel Grant, filed a lawsuit in opposition to McMahon, WWE, and former head of expertise relations John Laurinaitis in January, claiming she was abused by McMahon, raped at a number of instances and trafficked to different males, together with expertise WWE was making an attempt to re-sign.
Shortly after the lawsuit turned public, McMahon resigned from his positions as TKO government chairman and on the TKO board of administrators.
McMahon had beforehand resigned as WWE CEO after an preliminary spherical of allegations in July 2022, which led to the aforementioned federal search warrant and subpoena. He was additionally unanimously voted off the board of administrators.
McMahon returned as government chairman of WWE’s board in early 2023 and instantly started the method of seeking to promote the corporate. In the end, the promotion was offered to leisure large Endeavor, who created TKO Group, which merged Endeavor holdings WWE and UFC below one umbrella.
McMahon was positioned into the function of TKO government chairman after the sale, one step beneath Endeavor and TKO CEO Ari Emanuel.
