Vince McMahon calls sexual misconduct allegations against him 'pure fiction'

Former WWE leader Vince McMahon pushed backmost connected intersexual maltreatment and activity trafficking allegations against him successful a tribunal filing connected Tuesday, calling nan claims "pure fiction."

McMahon’s consequence was revenge successful U.S. District Court successful Connecticut. Janel Grant filed a lawsuit against McMahon and erstwhile WWE executive John Laurinaitis successful January and claimed McMahon lured her to nan institution pinch nan promises of a stellar career, only to beryllium sexually exploited by him and group he called his "friends" betwixt 2019 and 2022.

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Vince McMahon is connected manus for an XFL crippled astatine Giants Stadium. (Andrew Savulich/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)

The billionaire denied nan allegations arsenic he stepped down arsenic executive president of TKO Group Holdings. He further intimated that successful Tuesday’s response.

"The Complaint’s outrageous claims of intersexual maltreatment and coercion are axenic fiction—plainly intended to garner publicity—and are flatly contradicted by Plaintiff’s ain contemporaneous statements," McMahon’s filing said. "Contrary to Plaintiff’s mendacious allegations, Plaintiff and Defendant (collectively, nan ‘Parties’) engaged successful a consensual narration during which Defendant ne'er coerced Plaintiff into doing thing and ne'er mistreated her successful immoderate way. 

"In fact, successful a emotion missive Plaintiff wrote to Defendant soon earlier nan Parties ended their relationship, Plaintiff described Defendant arsenic ‘[m]y champion friend, my emotion and my everything,’ praising him for being nan ‘wonderful, tender, vulnerable, heart-on-your-sleeve psyche you really are.’ It is incredulous that Plaintiff, a past 42-year-old female who claims connected her resume to person a rule grade from Pace University, would person written these words to Defendant months aft each nan events successful nan Complaint of alleged abuse, coercion, and ‘sex-trafficking’ took place."

McMahon’s filing further claimed that Grant visited his Connecticut condo astatine "all hours" of nan nighttime and that Grant lived pinch her "long-time fiancé" Brian Goncalves. Ann Callis, Grant’s lawyer, told nan New York Post that Goncalves had allowed Grant to enactment pinch him aft she mislaid her parents.

Vince McMahon astatine WrestleMania XX. (Kevin Mazur/WireImage)

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In Grant’s first lawsuit, it was revealed she joined WWE successful June 2019, months aft nan decease of her parents. Grant said she was susceptible astatine nan clip erstwhile nan narration pinch McMahon began.

"Those statements are complete falsehoods," McMahon’s filing claimed. "Based connected a foreclosure action against Plaintiff and her parents, Plaintiff’s begetter passed distant connected April 18, 2017—two years earlier Plaintiff met Defendant – and his marital position was recorded arsenic ‘widowed’ "confirming Plaintiff’s mother had passed earlier.

"Court records further show that contrary to her declare of ‘around-the-clock caregiving,’ Plaintiff’s begetter lived successful a elder attraction location successful Stamford, Connecticut earlier he passed away— not pinch her—and nan Grants’ neighbour would bring Plaintiff’s mother meal and ‘help astir nan house’ earlier she passed."

Callis responded to McMahon’s filing successful a connection to Post Wrestling.

"Vince McMahon has ne'er known a storyline that he doesn’t twist to fresh his ain shameful narrative," Callis said. "Her begetter was successful in-home hospice during his last days wherever Janel continued to attraction for him astir nan clock. Prior to his death, she had been caring for her blind, wheelchair-bound mother. Using nan condolences of personification who mislaid some of her parents is an each caller level of disgusting.

Then-WWE proprietor Vince McMahon during WrestleMania astatine AT&T Stadium successful Arlington, Texas, connected April 3, 2022. (Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports)

"She was not making love astatine nan time. Her ex-boyfriend allowed her to enactment successful nan flat arsenic she rebuilt her life and resume post-taking attraction of her parents. She had nary occupation and nary different financial support to thin backmost on."

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A lawyer for Laurinaitis, who was named successful Grant’s first lawsuit, besides denied nan allegations against nan erstwhile wrestler to nan New York Post.

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