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Former WWE Exec John Laurinaitis filed a motion today, requesting that the lawsuit Janel Grant has filed against him, Vince McMahon and WWE be ruled as required to be handled via private arbitration.
Laurinaitis' attorney issued the following statement to Wrestlenomics.com's Brandon Thurston: "John Laurinaitis has filed a Motion today fully joining in and adopting Vince McMahon’s motion to compel arbitration. Mr. Laurinaitis corroborates Mr. McMahon in publicly declaring that Ms. Grant’s allegations of sexual abuse and coercion in her Complaint are completely unfounded. My client will fight these false allegations together with Mr. McMahon in the proper forum, arbitration.”
Laurinaitis had previously been painted as a victim of McMahon by his legal representation, so obviously there is a major change in strategy on their part.
The motion reads:
"Defendant John Laurinaitis, by and through his undersigned attorneys, respectfully moves this Court for an order compelling arbitration of this matter pursuant to the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. §§ 3, 4, for the reasons set forth more fully in Defendant Vincent K. McMahon’s Motion to Compel Arbitration (Doc. 30) and Defendant McMahon’s Memorandum of Law in Support of Motion to Compel Arbitration (Doc. 30-1) which legal arguments advanced therein are adopted in full and joined by Defendant Laurinaitis as though set forth herein. Defendant Laurinaitis further moves the Court for such other and further relief as the Court may deem just and proper and seeks leave to advance additional and or other responses, defenses, counter-claims and or affirmative defenses to Plaintiff’s Complaint in the event the Motion to Compel Arbitration is denied."
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