WWE Founder Vince McMahon Resigns from TKO Group After Being Accused of Sex Trafficking
WWE founder Vince McMahon has resigned from his role as executive chairman of WWE and UFC parent company TKO Group Holdings after being sued for sex trafficking.
A former employee, Janel Grant, filed a lawsuit in Connecticut federal court on Thursday.
Grant claims that she was pressured into having a sexual relationship with McMahon to get a job with WWE in 2019.
After she was hired, she claims she became “the victim of physical and emotional abuse, sexual assault and trafficking,” according to the lawsuit.
“When McMahon pushed Ms. Grant for a physical relationship in return for long-promised employment at WWE, she felt trapped in an impossible situation: submitting to McMahon’s sexual demands or facing ruin,” the complaint says.
