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Forbes Reports That WWE’s Website Does Not Include Sexual Harassment Policies Amid Various Lawsuits Alleging Toxic Workplace Culture and Sexual Abuse
Spokesperson for Janel Grant: “It is outrageous that WWE claims to have improved their workplace environment, yet they have no visible sexual harassment or workplace conduct policies listed on their website…WWE employees deserve better.”
Washington, D.C. – In case you missed it, Forbes recently published shocking new details that the WWE organization does not provide sexual harassment guidlines on its corporate website, as allegations of toxic workplace culture, sexual abuse, and trafficking continue to be brought against former WWE CEO Vince McMahon, other WWE executives, and the WWE organization. Forbes contributor Alfred Konuwa points out that, “A search of WWE’s Code of Business Conduct leads to a page that simply reads ‘not found.’”
In a statement, Kendra Barkoff Lamy, the spokesperson for Janel Grant, told Forbes that “WWE has been sued many times for failing to protect employees from sexual misconduct by executives and toxic workplace culture, including by Janel Grant, who endured years of sexual abuse at the hands of founder and former WWE CEO Vince McMahon, WWE executive John Laurinaitis, and the WWE organization.” Lamy outlines that WWE’s failure to provide “visible guidelines to report abuse” and a “reference for appropriate behavior” is “yet another example of WWE’s carelessness” and a “dangerous oversight.”
In October, the attorneys for Ms. Grant sent a letter to WWE, and parent companies, Endeavor Group Holdings and TKO Group Holdings, asking that nondisclosure agreements be waived to allow former and current employees to speak freely on the abuse they experienced within WWE. WWE has refused to comply with the request, and have not freed former employees from their NDAs.
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