The One Way John Laurinaitis Could Help Janel Grant Against Vince McMahon
John Laurinaitis turning on Vince McMahon has been the biggest wrestling news in the last 72 hours.
Laurinaitis agreed to align with Janel Grant, a former WWE employee, in her sexual abuse and trafficking case against the former WWE CEO and Chairman by providing vital evidence.
As a result, the former Head of Talent Relations was dropped as a defendant in Grant’s case against McMahon and WWE.
A joint statement was issued to POST Wrestling on behalf of Grant and Laurinaitis.
John Laurinaitis has agreed to cooperate and provide evidence in Janel Grant’s lawsuit against Vince McMahon and WWE. His agreement to a confidential settlement is a pivotal next step toward holding McMahon and WWE accountable and bringing justice to Ms. Grant after years of sexual abuse and trafficking. Mr. Laurinaitis looks forward to moving on with his life. We cannot provide any additional details at this time.
What Evidence Does John Laurinaitis Have?
Former WWE employee Tommy Carlucci and former writer Vince Russo discussed the John Laurinaitis subject at length on the Coach and Bro podcast.
When asked about what evidence Laurinaitis may have, considering everything about the case has been transparent, Russo expressed his take.
I’ll tell you what he has, Tommy, and I think it could be very damaging to Vince. What he has is the text messages from Vince McMahon to him. That’s what he has. Janel Grant has seen Vince’s messages to her. They have not seen the communication between Vince McMahon and John Laurinaitis. So, whatever Vince could have been telling them, however Vince could have been directing them, whatever Vince was setting up, they’re going to be seeing that for the first time.
But here’s the problem I think they’re gonna have, Tommy, and I think this is gonna be a big problem. Do you remember at the very beginning of this case, Laurinaitis was standing next to Vince? Then he separated himself from Vince. Then he went back to Vince. Now, he’s on the other side. And Tommy, you know Vince’s lawyers are the best in the land. So, they’re just gonna lay out this pattern of Laurinaitis flip-flopping all over the place, and they’re just gonna say, “You can’t take what he’s saying seriously. This guy has flip-flopped back and forth. He has no integrity. He has no cretibility whatsoever.” You know that’s gonna be their case.
In the past, Laurinaitis has claimed that McMahon used him as a pawn to cover an alleged rape allegation involving late wrestler, Ashley Massaro.
H/T: Coach and Bro