Vince McMahon Sex Trafficking Lawsuit Update – Janel Grant’s Legal Team Filed New Motion Against Dr. Carlon Colker’s Motion to Dismiss Obtaining Medical Records

As noted before, former WWE employee Janel Grant filed a lawsuit this past January against former TKO Executive Chairman Vince McMahon accusing McMahon of committing sex trafficking and sexual abuse towards her during her time in the company. Grant’s lawsuit has been on hold since this past April over a request from the U.S. Department of Justice, who launched a criminal investigation into McMahon and joined the lawsuit as an “interested party.” Grant’s lawyers filed petition against a WWE Wellness doctor and his clinic this past July for medical records related to her lawsuit.

Post Wrestling and Wrestlenomics’ Brandon Thurston reported that Grant’s attorney filed a new motion earlier today in a Connecticut state court against Dr. Carlon Colker’s motion to dismiss her petition to obtain medical records.

In the filing, Grant’s attorneys stated that Colker has not cooperated with her requests to obtain her complete medical records. Thurston reported that this petition could eventually lead to a civil lawsuit being filed by Grant against Colker and his clinic for numerous claims.

In the filing, Grant’s attorneys stated that “Ms. Grant filed this bill of discovery for the purpose of investigating potential claims of civil conspiracy, aiding and abetting, fraud, assault, battery, RICO, RICO conspiracy, and/or breach of fiduciary duty against Dr. Colker and Peak Wellness.”

Grant’s attorneys reportedly are also trying to learn more about Colker’s purported role in recommending attorney named Jonathan M. Shapiro, who provided legal services for Colker in the past and had worked with Grant in negotiating the nondisclosure agreement that she made with McMahon in 2022.

In new official statement, Grant’s attorney Ann Callis stated:

“Imagine being at your most vulnerable, and the doctor you are told to see only makes you feel worse. Our filing today makes clear that Dr. Colker violated ethical and medical standards when he injected unknown substances into Janel’s body and directed her to take unlabeled pills while dismissing her basic questions about those drugs. Peak Wellness owes Janel Grant answers and the clinic’s secrecy and evasion must come to an end.”

In an official statement to Post Wrestling, Colker’s attorney Frank Silvestri of the Verrill Dana law firm claimed that Grant and her legal team have received all of the legal documents they have requested and any statement made indicating otherwise is untrue.

“As counsel for Dr. Colker and Peak Wellness, we can confirm that Ms. Grant and her counsel have long-since received Ms. Grant’s electronic medical records in accordance with the law.  Any statement by Ms. Grant and her counsel that indicates otherwise is simply untrue.”

Besides the new motion filing, Grant’s PR team also held a new press call earlier today and released a new official press release.

Vince McMahon Sent Janel Grant to Medical Clinic Where Doctor Medicated Her with Unknown Substances & Employed A Physical Therapist Who Participated in Her Sexual Abuse, Attorneys Submit in Legal Filing

HAPPENING SOON: Attorneys for Ms. Grant will hold a press briefing to discuss the new filing at 11:00 AM ET today.

The physician was paid by Vince McMahon and the clinic has refused to provide Ms. Grant her full medical records as required by law.

NEW YORK, NY – Today, attorneys for Janel Grant submitted a new legal filing in Connecticut state court against Dr. Carlon Colker, a physician on former WWE CEO Vince McMahon’s payroll, and Peak Wellness, Inc., the medical clinic owned by Dr. Colker. The filing alleges that McMahon sent Ms. Grant to the medical clinic and sexually abused her with one of the clinic’s employees. The filing also alleges that Dr. Colker repeatedly medicated Ms. Grant with unknown substances, including intravenously. It seeks to compel Dr. Colker and Peak Wellness to turn over Ms. Grant’s full electronic medical and billing records as well as messages between Dr. Colker and Vince McMahon regarding Ms. Grant.

When Ms. Grant was suffering from symptoms of severe stress and trauma due to her abuse, Vince McMahon coerced her to schedule appointments at Peak Wellness. McMahon, who was in direct contact with Dr. Colker, obtained access to Ms. Grant’s private medical records and dictated her treatments. A physical therapist at Peak Wellness joined McMahon in the repeated sexual abuse of Ms. Grant, including one instance in which McMahon defecated on Ms. Grant’s head and forced her to continue engaging in a sexual act with the Peak Wellness employee.

“Imagine being at your most vulnerable, and the doctor you are told to see only makes you feel worse,” said Ann Callis, attorney for Janel Grant. “Our filing today makes clear that Dr. Colker violated ethical and medical standards when he injected unknown substances into Janel’s body and directed her to take unlabeled pills while dismissing her basic questions about those drugs. Peak Wellness owes Janel Grant answers and the clinic’s secrecy and evasion must come to an end.”

On July 1, 2024, Ms. Grant’s attorneys filed a bill of discovery request against Dr. Colker and Peak Wellness to gain access to her full electronic medical and billing records as well all messages between Dr. Colker and McMahon regarding Ms. Grant after they repeatedly refused to comply with Ms. Grant’s requests. In response to this proceeding, both McMahon and Dr. Colker made separate attempts to block Ms. Grant’s filing. McMahon’s attempt to block Ms. Grant’s bill of discovery proceeding was denied by the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut on August 6, 2024.

All patients have the right to receive their full medical records under federal and state law, including HIPAA, the Cures Act, and Connecticut General Statutes § 20-7c. Ms. Grant has requested her full electronic medical records from Peak Wellness on several different occasions, and each time the clinic has failed to comply with her requests. Specifically, in the new legal filing, Ms. Grant has requested eight different categories of records from Peak Wellness, including:

● Ms. Grant’s electronic medical records, including all associated metadata;
● Dr. Colker and Peak Wellness’ recordkeeping and billing procedures;
● Payment records relating to Ms. Grant;
● Dr. Colker and Peak Wellness’ payment arrangements with McMahon and/or WWE;

● The purpose of Ms. Grant’s prescribed treatments;
● The substance of Ms. Grant’s prescribed treatments;
● Any communications between Dr. Colker and McMahon relating to Ms. Grant; and

● Dr. Colker’s involvement in recommending Ms. Grant’s attorney for negotiation of the purported non-disclosure agreement.

Ms. Grant is the former WWE employee and sexual assault and human trafficking survivor who has filed a lawsuit against former WWE CEO McMahon, former WWE executive John Laurinaitis, and the WWE organization.