Is Vince McMahon the most controversial boss? Shocking cases that have been filed against WWE's former CEO
Once the biggest name in the world of WWE, Vince McMahon has been a controversy magnet for most of his lifetime. Not just the latest row with former employee Janet Grant, McMahon has been named in numerous other lawsuits over the years.
From ex-WWE wrestler Sable filing a s*xual misconduct case against him to the multiple hush money instances that were made public in 2022, he is not lacking for legal troubles. Which is probably why many believe he is one of, if not the most controversial, bosses that are in the public eye.
The Steroid scandal
Back in 1994, when the WWE was still known as WWF,
Vince McMahon
was indicted in federal court because of a steroid controversy, which said he supplied performance-enhancing drugs to the wrestlers in his company.
This led to the transfer of control of the WWF to his now ex-wife, Linda McMahon. But McMahon was acquitted of all charges by the jury due to a lack of evidentiary support.
The
Sable lawsuit
One of the earliest instances of a lawsuit being filed against Vince McMahon was when
Sable
, one of the biggest stars who once graced the WWE ring, filed a s*xual misconduct lawsuit against her boss. It was a $110 million lawsuit that was filed against both McMahon and the company, WWE, for s*xual misconduct and unsafe working environment.
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But things didn't stir much, as the suit was settled out of court, and Sable returned to work once more under the WWE banner.
The Rita Marie lawsuit
Yet another s*xual lawsuit was filed against McMahon when a former WWF referee, Rita Chatterton aka Rita Marie, accused him of forcing her to perform oral s*x on him; and when she refused to comply, he r*ped her. This matter was also settled out of court, as the former WWE bossman said he wanted to settle to "avoid the cost of litigation."
The two Tanning spa incidents
In two separate instances - 2006 and 2011, Vince McMahon was accused by two separate individuals from two separate tanning salons of s*xual misconduct. The first incident was from Miami, and the second from California, but no charges were filed after the investigation.
The hush-money scandal
Vince McMahon was accused of paying hush money to a former WWE employee after being in a consensual relationship with them for three years back in 2022.
But the case fizzled out and McMahon stated that the discrepancy in finance was due to accounting errors.
The
Janel Grant lawsuit
Back in January of 2024, a lawsuit was filed by former
WWE employee Janel Grant
, where she accused her former boss, Vince McMahon, and the former WWE EVP John Laurinaitis, of s*xual misconduct and s*x trafficking charges. She said that she was used by McMahon as a barter to make people compliant with him on various occasions.
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This eventually led to McMahon having to quit WWE's parent company, TKO, and leaving behind something that was built by him for the better part of his career. The lawsuit is still ongoing, and the federal court has yet to reach a verdict on the matter.
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