The attorney for the woman who has accused Vince McMahon of sex trafficking said Thursday, as a Netflix documentary about the former World Wrestling Entertainment CEO is set to premiere next week, that she’s hopeful he will soon be indicted.
Ann Callis represents Janel Grant, a former WWE employee who accused McMahon in a civil lawsuit in January of sex trafficking and abuse but later paused her case at the request of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, who is conducting an investigation.
In a media call, Callis said she and Grant are “hopeful” an indictment will be imminent and are fine with the pace of the U.S. attorney’s work.
“We want it to be right, not fast,” Callis said.
McMahon and the U.S. attorney’s office could not be reached for comment.
When Grant’s lawsuit was filed, a spokesperson for McMahon said it was “replete with lies, obscene made-up instances that never occurred and a vindictive distortion of the truth. He will vigorously defend himself.”
McMahon resigned as executive chairman of World Wrestling Entertainment’s parent company after the lawsuit was filed.
Grant’s lawsuit also names WWE and former WWE executive John Laurinaitis as defendants.
The documentary, “Mr. McMahon,” is scheduled to premiere on Netflix on Wednesday.
Kendra Barkoff Lamy, a spokesperson for Grant, said in a statement Thursday that Grant is “ready to move forward to get justice in the way she deserves.”
WWE disclosed last summer that investigators served McMahon with a federal grand jury subpoena and executed a search warrant. NBC News has reported that federal investigators seized a phone belonging to McMahon.
