Inside Vince McMahon lawsuit – ‘intercourse toy names’ to ‘pooing’ bed room antics

Vince McMahon is no stranger to scandal – but even by his standards it is shaping up to be an unprecedented year.

Netflix is unleashing an explosive new series, named Mr. McMahon, about the controversial wrestling mogul who has had a huge fall from grace.

Since the 79-year-old gave interviews for the highly anticipated docu-series, he has been forced to resign from the WWE amid sordid sexual assault claims and a lawsuit.

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And below, we look inside his sex trafficking case and outline the disturbing allegations a former employee has made against him.

Who is accusing him of wrongdoing?

Janel Grant is a former employee who worked in the legal and talent departments under McMahon who famously took over the WWE (then known as the World Wrestling Federation) from his father in 1982.

The 43-year-old is claiming to be the “victim of physical and emotional abuse, sexual assault and trafficking at WWE”.

Her shocking lawsuit also claims she was forced into a sexual relationship with McMahon who in exchange offered her a job followed by promotions.

According to Grant’s lawsuit, McMahon also sent sexual images and videos of her to other staff members.

Her attorney, Anna Callis, told CNN earlier this year that they want to “hold accountable two WWE executives who sexually assaulted and trafficked [Grant], as well as the organisation that facilitated or turned a blind eye to the abuse and then swept it under the rug.”

‘Dildo Naming’

Grant alleged that McMahon used black and white dildos, which he supposedly named after WWE wrestlers depending on their race, to sexually assault her.

She said she was abused by McMahon and one other executive at the headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut.

A line in the lawsuit read: “Notably, McMahon was most aggressive when using the certain sex toys named after male WWE wrestlers and performers.”

It added that he “named the sex toys so that the colour of the toy matched the race of the wrestler” and the black dildo “would be named after an African American wrestler and a white dildo would be named after a Caucasian wrestler”.

Grant also alleged she suffered injuries from McMahon’s fist and other objects during her time at the company.

‘Defecating during threesome’

Another disturbing part of the graphic lawsuit was Grant claiming that her former boss “defecated on her during a threesome”.

McMahon was the chief executive at the time and according to the court documents, he defecated on her and “commanded her to continue pleasuring” another man in May 2020.

He and another executive are alleged to have “locked Grant in an office” a year later before they “took turns sexually assaulting her”.

According to Grant, who said he once gifted her a €15,000 Bloomingdale gift card after locking her inside a dressing room, she first met him in March 2019.

She said she was experiencing “profound grief” and financial struggles after losing both of her parents who needed full-time care.

Grant claimed the former WWE boss sent explicit images of her to a “world-famous athlete and former UFC Heavyweight Champion”.

She signed an NDA in 2022 to “ensure her silence” but claimed McMahon stopped making payments.

This led to a WWE investigation where payments were unearthed to other women by the CEO of the company. The WWE concluded that the relationship bewteen McMahon and Grant was consensual.

But McMahon retired as CEO and chair when the allegations of sexual misconduct were exposed before returning to the board one year later in 2023.

In that year he sold the promotion to Endeavor Group, which owns the UFC, for a deal valued at almost almost $10billion (£7.9b).

What has McMahon said?

McMahon resigned from his roles with TKO Group Holdings (company established when WWE merged with Endeavor’s UFC) in January 2024 after the sexual misconduct allegations against him.

However, he has maintained his innocence, and told the public: “I stand by my prior statement that Ms Grant’s lawsuit is replete with lies, obscene made-up instances that never occurred, and is a vindictive distortion of the truth. I intend to vigorously defend myself against these baseless accusations, and look forward to clearing my name.”

He added: “However, out of respect for the WWE Universe, the extraordinary TKO business and its board members and shareholders, partners and constituents, and all of the employees and Superstars who helped make WWE into the global leader it is today, I have decided to resign from my executive chairmanship and the TKO board of directors, effective immediately.”