Janel Grant’s attorney holds press conference, says McMahon will be held accountable
During a 20-minute conference call with reporters yesterday afternoon, Janel Grant’s attorney Ann Callis and new PR head Kendra Barkoff Lamy from SKDK, said that Janel Grant deserves to tell her full story on her own and not be part of a docuseries which is focused on someone else.
The answer came after questions surrounding her potential involvement with the Mr. McMahon series on Netflix.
Callis said that Grant and her legal team did not get an advance copy of the series and have not seen it yet and refused to answer questions if she was approached or had any discussions with Netflix to be part of the series.
“Janel has the right to tell her story, in her own way, at the right time,” Callis said repeatedly. “She deserves the opportunity to tell her full story and not be a part of someone else’s.”
Callis said that Grant will get her day in court and McMahon will be held accountable for his actions, saying that this was no WWE storyline and that Grant is a human being who is a survivor of McMahon’s sex trafficking inside WWE.
The attorney added that she hopes the Netflix series will do the story justice. WWE was not involved at all with the documentary and Callis said that after a very brief outreach right after the lawsuit was filed, she has not heard from WWE.
Callis also said that they would like federal charges to be brought quickly so they can resume with their civil lawsuit but stressed that while they want charges filed ASAP, they want it to be right, not necessarily fast.
Colin Vassallo been editor of Wrestling-Online since 1996
Yes, she does deserve the right to tell her story, just like he has a right to defend himself, in court. Not in a docuseries or even online like she’s been doing and using it as a tool to attack him.
Why would she be part of this docuseries? More to the point, why would this case be anywhere near this docuseries? I could see if this case was in the past and already settled but it’s not. It’s ongoing. It hasn’t even been to court yet and putting it in this docuseries could sway people to think one way or the other.
It doesn’t matter, this trial will go nowhere. From the texts I’ve seen that they supposedly shared back and forth they were both willing participants in any activities. He didn’t make her do sh*t, she willingly did it.
@Stonz
While I agree that the trial will go nowhere, I still believe that they both should have their say in court.
@Joseph and @Stonz, I agree with both your sentiments. I only hope that the court trial is fair, with all evidence is presented with full transparency before a jury, and a fair judge to fairly adjudicate the process of law.
Yeah this Ann Callis is full of it. I’m not even a fan of everything Vince put out in WWE, but guaranteed, Janel Grant will be the one who’s actually held accountable, for not being so innocent, and for making a person, let alone an elderly one, look like anything less than what he is, a person. Justice will be served.
@JohnS
While I don’t think he is guilty of sex trafficking and sexual assault, I do see Vince as being more than some elderly victim in all this. They were both willing participants in whatever sick and twisted crap they were into.