The identities of two WWE execs identified as “Corporate Officers No. 1 and 2” in a sex trafficking lawsuit filed against former TKO Exec Chair VINCE MCMAHON and former WWE Head of Talent Relations JOHN LAURINAITIS have been revealed. The suit, which was filed against McMahon and the WWE, “does not allege any sexual misconduct” by either WWE President NICK KHAN or COO BRAD BLUM, but charges that the pair were aware of a plan to employ JANEL GRANT “in a completely undefined role, except for the understanding that she ... [was] used and trafficked by McMahon within the WWE.” WWE “denied that Khan or Plum had any knowledge of what had been going on.” McMahon’s daughter, STEPHANIE MCMAHON, was also named as “Corporate Officer No. 3” in the suit, though she is “only ambiguously mentioned,” and former general counsel and head of WWE’s legal department BRIAN NURSE was identified as “Corporate Officer No. 4” (N.Y. POST, 3/11).
STAR OF THE SHOW: Rams QB MATTHEW STAFFORD is the subject of a new documentary feature announced yesterday at SXSW. “MATTHEW STAFFORD: LOCKED IN” will debut April 18 on the Rams’ digital platforms, local broadcast stations, and on NFL Network. The film focuses on the back-half of the Rams 2023 season. It is directed by Invisible Collective director and co-founder JUSTIN POLK and co-produced by the Rams and Summit House co-founder STEVE CUNDARI (DEADLINE, 3/11).
NAMES: Lawyers for Brazilian driver FELIPE MASSA filed suit against Formula One Management, former F1 CEO BERNIE ECCLESTONE, and the sport’s world governing body in London’s High Court alleging that they “failed to properly investigate a race-fixing controversy known as Crashgate that ultimately cost him the title.” Massa is seeking more than $80M in "damages and an admission from the Federation International de l’Automobile that a timely investigation would have made him the rightful 2008 champion,” instead of a then 23-year-old LEWIS HAMILTON (WALL STREET JOURNAL, 3/11)....Cowboys QB DAK PRESCOTT filed a civil lawsuit yesterday afternoon in Collin County, accusing a Fort Worth woman of “making a false sexual assault allegation in an attempt to extort” $100M from him. Prescott’s lawsuit includes a letter from the woman’s Arlington-based attorneys, BETHEL and YOEL ZEHAIE, who say that she is seeking the compensation “in exchange for not disclosing or pursuing criminal charges in connection with a 2017 sexual encounter.” LEVI MCCATHERN, Prescott’s Dallas-based attorney, said that the Prescott “denies a sexual assault took place” (DALLAS MORNING NEWS, 3/11).
