Posted on 2/11/126 by Colin Vassallo
Janel Grant, who is the subject of a massive lawsuit against
Vince McMahon, WWE, and others, will be making a rare public
speaking appearance at the Connecticut Alliance Survivors
Speak Event on February 19, 2026 at 10AM.
Her appearance will come as survivors, advocates,
legislators, and state leaders will gather to call on the
legislature to codify the federal Prison Rape Elimination
Act into state law and reform state non-disclosure agreement
policies which are used to silence survivors.
“We are all more vulnerable to coercive control than we
realize. Coercive control happens in increments, and entire
industries are built on systems of coercive control,” Grant
said in a press release.
“Tools such as NDAs can be used to ominously justify
anything, and even turn a life into someone else’s
storyline, keeping even those who have not signed
confidentiality agreements working in fear. Any system that
sacrifices people, whether current or former employees, at
the expense of safety and human dignity, is dangerous, if
not impossible, for someone to ‘leave.’ I’m not alone in
living a life looking over my shoulder. Evolving systems and
holistic change in how we address sexual violence remains
painfully slow. I am here to be a part of the solution and
give a voice to people in Connecticut who are living and
working in fear. I want to empower others with information
in the hopes that we can create a better and safer world,”
she continued.
Grant is a former WWE employee who alleges that she was a
victim of physical and emotional abuse, sexual assault, and
sex trafficking by Vince McMahon, John Laurinaitis, and
others.