Janel Grant Responds to Original Anonymous Emails That Tipped Off WWE Board of Directors

Former WWE employee Janel Grant took to shared posts on her Instagram account today disputing that she was the responsible party who sent anonymous emails to the WWE Board of Directors, which eventually sparked the investigation into WWE Chairman Vince McMahon regarding alleged sexual misconduct against her. She also included images of the anonymous emails sent to the Board of Directors.

Regarding the anonymous emails, Grant wrote on her Instagram account, “Anonymous Emails. Reading these for the first time took a sledgehammer to my mental health. I feel like a Taylor Swift lyric and wonder if someone caged me just to call me crazy. I’m not wired to understand why someone would write them. But I am rtained to notice the use of hair splitters and spin.”

On March 30, 2022, the first anonymous email that was sent to WWE’s board read:

“To Whom it May Concern,

“My friend worked at WWE. She is [REDACTED] and we live homeless for a while on percs etc. Etc. We went to get cleaned up together and she met chief chairman Vince McMahon not too long after that. Vince McMahon gave her a job and paid her one hundred thousand dollars every year until he started fucking her then he paid her two hundred thousand dollar a year he is 80 years old and took my friends soul just because he could. Vince McMahon gave her like a toy his friend John who works at WWE to John is 70 and her boss to. My friend was so scared so she quit after Vince McMahon and lawyer Jerry paid her millions of dollars to shut up I am going to the media as well I don’t want anything from from I just want the world to know the truth about this pervert.”

A second anonymous email as sent on April 11, 2022, which reads as follows:

“The board of directors for major company like wwe does not care that the old founder and his old sidekick johnny Laronitis took advantage of a [REDACTED] who only worked hard? She would be angry that I wrote this but I want no money. I am sending this out to your stock holders tomorrow and to all lawyers my friend worked with. The lawyers knows of the settlements investigate and you will see WWE paid for her silence. [REDCATED] is her name. Very good lady. Treated like an animal by Vince Mcmahon and Johnny Loronitis.”

Lastly, a third anonymous email was sent to WWE’s board on April 14, 2022, which read:

“Deadspin is surprised that board of directors has not checked vince mcmahon s phone which will show all of his hurtful pictures back and forth to [REDACTED] these include pictures of his privates to a 25 year old employee and them in sex together and with Johnny in sex acts with her. Gross old men abusing a 25 year old.”

Grant later denied the claims in the e-mails that she was living on the street and dealing with an addiction to percocet. She also wrote in her Instagram post:

“What happened before 2019:

While caring for my parents – two sets of illness, medical debt, hospitalizations – they declared bankruptcy and we lost our family home. Life was such a disaster that Hurricane Sandy dropped a tree on the house that we were in the process of losing.

What never happened: No living on the street. No addictions to “percs.” No rehab. There is no person who knew me in life pre-dating 2019 who could write this.

The spin: A friend? I see a trick to steer public perception.

Homeless? I shared my background at work. Rehab? I shared my experience with grief counseling at work.

Addiction? I shared that quitting nicotine lozenges wasn’t fun at work. A threat to expose info? It’s a highly reactive environment with security vendors in place. The rest of the email? It repackages years of time and illogical events involving a lot of people who have eyeballs into a logic sounding storyline with only a few people. This email doesn’t contain allegations. This email is a storyline.

Who sent this? I don’t know. But public documents show a reimbursement of $20,098,000 in legal costs related to a special committee’s investigation on 3/19/23.”

With regards to Anonymous Emails 2 and 3, Grant wrote, “About Anonymous Emails 2 and 3, I’m pretty sick over whether this is implying a revenge porn situation and whether it extends to Deadspin. A media company. I’m sick over whether this is implying I was being filmed and didn’t know it. I’m sick over whatever it is that I don’t know.”

In a separate Instagram post, Grant shared excerpts of depositions of transcripts from WWE President Nick Khan and former WWE executive Frank Riddick, as part of the testimony they provided for the WWE shareholder lawsuit with regards to the emails and a press release announcing that Elisabeth Collins was named the new general counsel, replacing Samira Shah. She also cited an excerpt from an article from Law.com, alluding to Shah’s WWE exit coming under “murky circumstances.”

In January 2024, Grant filed a lawsuit against former WWE Chairman Vince McMahon, WWE, and former executive John Laurinaitis, alleging sexual and sexual trafficking. Laurinaitis was later dropped from the lawsuit after he agreed to cooperate and provide evidence.

The lawsuit is currently still ongoing. You can view the latest Instagram posts shared by Janel Grant below:

If you know someone who is being abused, or if you yourself a victim of sexual assault, help is available. Call 1-800-656-4673 to be connected with the National Sexual Assault Hotline.

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