Netflix’s docuseries “Mr. McMahon” “solely scratches the floor” of former WWE CEO Vince McMahon’s horrible habits, the lawyer for a lady who claims to have been sexually assaulted and trafficked by him stated in a press release to TheWrap.
“The ‘Mr. McMahon’ docuseries makes it clear there is no such thing as a distinction between Vince McMahon’s on-air persona and his true self, they’re one and the identical. His ‘character’ – recognized for violent outbursts, sexual deviance, and manipulation – is the actual Vince McMahon and precisely what Janel Grant skilled behind closed doorways at WWE for years,” Ann Callis, who represents former WWE worker Janel Grant, stated Wednesday.
“Whereas the docuseries put McMahon’s obsession with energy and management on full show, it solely scratches the floor of his legal habits and it fails to inform the total story of his abuse, sexual assault and human trafficking of Ms. Grant,” Callis continued.
She added that her shopper “deserves the chance to inform her story, on her personal time, and in her personal approach,” and that they “look ahead to her day in court docket and to seeing McMahon ultimately held accountable for his actions.”
McMahon has signed not less than $12 million in hush cash funds with not less than 4 girls over the earlier 16 years, the Wall Street Journal reported in 2022. Whereas non-disclosure agreements have been signed, each McMahon and a kind of girls, Grant, consider that the opposite social gathering violated their settlement.
Grant is suing McMahon, John Laurinaitis and the WWE group for sexual abuse and misconduct. McMahon resigned from WWE mum or dad firm TKO Group following the go well with’s submitting in January.
McMahon launched a press release earlier this week distancing himself from the docuseries, regardless of having granted interviews to director Chris Smith.
“Quite a bit has been misrepresented or not noted totally in an effort to go away viewers deliberately confused,” he asserted. “The producers use typical modifying tips with out-of-context footage and dated soundbites and so on. to distort the viewers’ notion and assist a misleading narrative.”
For the six-part collection, Smith and government producer Invoice Simmons interviewed dozens of former and present WWE workers in regards to the former CEO and his legacy.
Representatives for McMahon didn’t instantly reply to TheWrap’s request for remark.
