Vince McMahon Sex Trafficking Lawsuit Update – Dr. Carlon Colker Seeking Dismissal of Janel Grant’s Petition Over Claims of All Records Provided to Grant

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 due to the U.S. Department of Justice launching a criminal investigation into McMahon and joined the lawsuit as an “interested party.” Grant’s lawyers had filed petition against a WWE Wellness doctor and his clinic this past July for medical records related to her lawsuit.

Wrestlenomics and Post Wrestling’s Brandon Thurston reported that Dr. Carlon Colker had filed a new motion on Thursday before the Connecticut Superior Court asking for Grant’s petiion against him to be dismissed.

In the filing, Colker’s attorneys claimed that they have already provided Grant’s legal team with electronic copies of the medial and billing records she is seeking. This filing also included Colker’s attorneys providing the court with copies of emails they sent to Grant’s team when they shared the records.

Colker’s attorneys also accepted that Grant’s petition against Colker and his Peak Wellness Clinic does not violate the stay on the federal case but are currently arguing that Grant isn’t using the petition to file a lawsuit in state court and that violates state law. They also claimed that Grant is trying to sue Colker and his clinic in a federal court.

“This is not a violation of Judge Meyer’s stay. It is an effort to evade Connecticut’s requirement that bills of discovery… must be brought for the purpose of litigation in Connecticut Superior Court.

All that Grant would have to do to avoid dismissal on this ground would be to acknowledge, forthrightly and unconditionally, that she will use whatever information she obtains in this proceeding in an action that she will bring in the Connecticut Superior Court. She cannot truthfully do so. A review of the eight categories of information she seeks to discover here, when read in light of the summary of her allegations relating to her federal action… makes clear that this action is joined at the hip with her federal action.”

Colker’s attorneys also argued that if the federal case was not put on hold, Grant “could and would be pursuing this discovery and suing defendants in the federal case” and not in a lawsuit in a Connecticut state court. They also claimed that this is an attempt to violate state law and Grant’s petition against Colker and his clinic should be dismissed.

In an official statement to Post Wrestling, Grant’s attorney Ann Callis responded to the claims made by Colker’s attorneys.

“By his own admission, Dr. Colker’s filing today all but confirms they have withheld the requested records for fear they could lead to further legal action against him. Ms. Grant deserves answers, and we respectfully ask the court to compel Dr. Colker and Peak Wellness to provide her with long overdue clarity.”

Thurston reported that Colker’s attorneys Frank Silvestri and Robert Laplaca of Verrill Dana LLP declined to comment when asked about Callis’ statement nor to confirm if all the medical records provided to Grant included “all associated metadata” specified in her petition.