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(NewsNation) — Lawyers representing a erstwhile worker who sued World Wrestling Entertainment laminitis and erstwhile CEO Vince McMahon for alleged enactment trafficking and maltreatment volition beryllium providing an update Thursday connected the ineligible case, which had been paused for a national investigation.
The ineligible update is coming up of the merchandise of a caller Netflix docuseries connected the emergence and autumn of McMahon called "Mr. McMahon."
Janel Grant filed suit against McMahon successful January but agreed to temporarily "stay her case" successful May astatine the petition of the U.S. lawyer for the Southern District of New York “pending a non-public investigation," Ann Callis, a lawyer for Grant, said successful a connection astatine the time.
Grant said McMahon allegedly sexually exploited her and attempted to postulation her to different WWE employees, according to her suit.
She said McMahon allegedly abused her and that she was allegedly forced to person enactment with WWE’s erstwhile caput of endowment relations, John Laurinaitis — each portion moving for the company.
At the clip of the filing, McMahon resigned arsenic enforcement president of WWE genitor TKO Group.
The suit names the company, McMahon and Laurinaitis arsenic defendants.
McMahon has denied the allegations.
“We stay assured the grounds volition beryllium Ms. Grant’s allegations are mendacious and her ailment is thing much than a fabricated, vindictive communicative from a disgruntled erstwhile girlfriend,” McMahon’s lawyer has said.
Federal authorities are presently investigating intersexual battle and intersexual trafficking allegations against McMahon.
The probe stems from intersexual misconduct accusations against McMahon by a fig of women.
The Netflix bid is acceptable to premiere adjacent Wednesday.
