REVEALED: When Brock Lesnar was due to make WWE return before he was linked to Janel Grant's sex trafficking lawsuit against Vince McMahon, 'as the company considers a change of plan'

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Brock Lesnar was reportedly slated for a possible return to WWE at Royal Rumble on Saturday night – but the organization could be forced to scrap those plans following the bombshell lawsuit against Vince McMahon.

WWE boss McMahon has been accused of sex trafficking in a new suit filed by a former employee, who claims the 78-year-old billionaire defecated on her head during a threesome.

Janel Grant says she suffered bruising and bleeding after McMahon forcefully penetrated her with sex toys, which he named after his wrestlers.

Lesnar was not named in the lawsuit but it said that, in July 2021, McMahon told Grant to create personalized sexual content for a WWE superstar – whom he was working to re-sign.

The wrestler was described as a UFC fighter and WWE star, whom the Wall Street Journal identified as Lesnar.

Brock Lesnar was reportedly slated for a possible return to WWE at Royal Rumble on Saturday

Brock Lesnar was reportedly slated for a possible return to WWE at Royal Rumble on Saturday

TKO Executive Chairman of the Board Vince McMahon is seen during a ceremony this week

TKO Executive Chairman of the Board Vince McMahon is seen during a ceremony this week

Janel Grant (pictured) is suing McMahon, the WWE and another company executive

Janel Grant (pictured) is suing McMahon, the WWE and another company executive

Now 46, Lesnar is one of wrestling’s biggest names. He first joined the WWE (then WWF) in 2000, making his debut two years later. Between 2008 and 2016 – after briefly trying out for NFL side Minnesota Vikings – Lesnar competed in the UFC and won the heavyweight title in just his third fight. He returned to WWE in 2012 and his lucrative deal sees him appear only a handful of times a year.

According to the suit, McMahon shared explicit photos with the fighter — allegedly Lesnar, according to the Wall Street Journal — and told Grant: ‘He likes what he sees’. Then, allegedly after Lesnar agreed his new WWE contract, McMahon is said to have sent Grant a message in August 2021, telling her ‘ that part of the deal was f***ing U.’

A few months later, McMahon is said to have given Grant’s cellphone number to the WWE star – allegedly Lesnar, according to the Wall Street Journal – who asked her to send a video of herself urinating. The suit claims that after she did, he called her a ‘b****.’

McMahon's co-defendant John Laurinaitis

McMahon’s co-defendant John Laurinaitis

Now, it has emerged that Lesnar’s possible return to WWE this weekend could be off the cards,

Fightful report that Lesnar was being ‘discussed as a potential target’ for the annual pay-per-view event, which typically sees 30 wrestlers whittled down to one.

The event usually features surprise entrants and Lesnar was reportedly being lined up to feature. Now, though, following the shocking lawsuit, those plans are said to be under threat.

Grant previously agreed to a $3million settlement in exchange for signing a nondisclosure agreement in 2022.

But she has filed a new lawsuit against McMahon, the WWE and a former executive, claiming McMahon stopped making payments after the initial $1m installment, and she now seeks to void that agreement.

Her allegations include that McMahon and another WWE executive locked her in a room at the WWE’s Stamford, Connecticut headquarters in June of 2021 and took turns sexually assaulting during the work day.

The married McMahon is additionally accused of trafficking Grant to other men and sharing nude photographs of the plaintiff.

PICTURED: The World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut

PICTURED: The World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut

Grant is seeking unspecified damages. WWE executive and retired wrestler John Laurinaitis is also named as a defendant in the suit.

Neither McMahon’s lawyer nor WWE spokespeople responded to DailyMail.com’s request for comment on Thursday. The organization previously described McMahon’s sexual relationship with Grant as ‘consensual’ in a 2022 statement.

‘(This) complaint seeks to hold accountable two WWE executives who sexually assaulted and trafficked Plaintiff Janel Grant, as well as the organization that facilitated or turned a blind eye to the abuse and then swept it under the rug,’ read a statement from attorney Ann Callis, who is representing Grant.

The above text included in Grant's filing purportedly shows McMahon instructing her to have sex with WWE exec John Laurinaitis

The above text included in Grant’s filing purportedly shows McMahon instructing her to have sex with WWE exec John Laurinaitis

‘She is an incredibly private and courageous person who has suffered deeply at the hands of Mr. McMahon and Mr. (John) Laurinaitis. Ms. Grant hopes that her lawsuit will prevent other women from being victimized. The organization is well aware of Mr. McMahon’s history of depraved behavior, and it’s time that they take responsibility for the misconduct of its leadership.’

Laurinaitis was fired from the company in 2022.

The WWE board learned of McMahon’s relationship with Grant from an anonymous tip in 2022 and launched an internal investigation, which subsequently uncovered $14.6 million in other alleged payments by the executive to various women.

Grant’s filing alleges that McMahon ensnared her in a sexual relationship by promising to help advance her career before ultimately exploiting her and trafficking her to other executives within the company.

In one alleged text message from 2020, McMahon is accused of sharing a photo of Grant with others and writing: ‘She may scream and try to say NO!!although it would B difficult to say anything with a c*** down her throat.’

Another message allegedly sent by McMahon to Grant a month earlier read: ‘I’m the only one who owns U and controls who I want to f*** U.’

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