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Vince McMahon & WWE Officially Under DOJ Investigation; Rape & Sex Trafficking Case Paused, For Now


Over five months after an ex-employee filed a horror filled lawsuit against the former WWE boss the feds are finally making it official they are involved too

In a sealed filing today, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District Of New York presented material to the federal court of a probe they have opened into the disgraced McMahon, World Wrestling Entertainment and the WWE’s ex-head of Talent Relations John Laurinaitis. This has now put a stay on the explosive case from former WWE staffer Jamel Grant on the years of assault and abuse she was allegedly subject to by McMahon and others at the organization. A separate filing Thursday from Damien Williams’ office made it pretty clear the government is not just dipping its toe in these potential toxic waters.

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