The wrestling company WWE has taken drastic measures following the sexual scandal involving former director, Vince McMahon. They have made the decision to eliminate Brock Lesnar from their creative plans and have canceled his return to the Royal Rumble and deleted his character from their video game.
The decision to remove Lesnar from upcoming plans has come in light of accusations of sex trafficking involving him. It was planned for Lesnar to face Dominik Mysterio in the Eliminator Chamber prior to Wrestlemania 40, but in light of the accusations, all plans involving Lesnar have been canceled.
The accusations of sex trafficking come from a former WWE employee, Janel Grant, who has sued Vince McMahon and another executive for sexual abuse and trafficking. Grant claims that McMahon ordered to send an explicit video to a UFC fighter, who has been speculated to be Brock Lesnar.
Furthermore, Grant alleges that McMahon intended to sign the fighter full-time and tried to convince him by arranging for an intimate encounter to take place. This failed to occur, as the fighter was allegedly too drunk, and was escorted back to his private plane.
McMahon then allegedly gave Grant the wrestler’s phone number and requested her to send a video of her urinating, calling her derogatory names in the process. The events are said to have occurred between 2020 and June 2021, and Grant was offered $3 million to remain silent, but only received one million in compensation.
Following these serious accusations, WWE has taken firm action by removing Lesnar from their plans and eliminating him from their programming amid the scandal.