Steve Carrier on March 5, 2026
Janel Grant returned to the Connecticut Labor and Public Employees Committee this week with a powerful update as lawmakers continue reviewing Senate Bill 355, legislation that would limit the use of non-disclosure agreements in cases involving workplace harassment and discrimination.
Grant appeared alongside her attorney, Erica Nolan, as part of an ongoing effort to reform how NDAs are used in the workplace. The bill aims to stop companies from using such agreements to conceal alleged illegal conduct while still allowing them to protect legitimate business interests like trade secrets.
Grant previously filed a lawsuit in 2024 against WWE, Vince McMahon, and John Laurinaitis alleging sexual assault and trafficking during her time working with the company. Laurinaitis has since been dropped as a defendant from the lawsuit, while McMahon has denied the allegations.
During the hearing, Grant delivered a graphic update about why she believes reform is necessary. She said the system currently allows NDAs to be used in ways that protect powerful individuals rather than victims.
“I don’t want to see one more person raped on a table by two people with all the power in daylight behind a locked door while people sat on their desks working on the other side of that door.”
Grant explained that her testimony was meant to illustrate the severity of what she says occurred and why stronger safeguards are needed to prevent similar situations from happening again.
“I will not for a second waste anyone’s time. We all say trade secrets when it comes to NDAs as being the thing to go to line of why they’re so appropriate, and there are so many messy situations on planet earth with humans that there are good, legitimate reasons outside of trade secrets.”
She said her goal in speaking publicly about the experience is to push lawmakers toward building stronger protections for workers who sign NDAs.
“This is where I thought you let me serve your rock bottom, your starting place for building so that this doesn’t happen to somebody else.”
Grant also emphasized that the incident described in her lawsuit was not an isolated moment but part of a longer period of alleged misconduct. She argued that NDAs were never intended to shield behavior like what she alleges occurred and that the legal framework surrounding them needs stronger safeguards.
“That was just one day with almost three years of time. That’s not what NDAs are designed for.”
Grant also told lawmakers that reforms could help both employees and employers by making the agreements more reliable and transparent. She concluded by explaining that the example she used during testimony was taken directly from the allegations described in her lawsuit and happened during a normal workday.
“If you enacted even some safeguards… you would not only be protecting me, but you would actually have something more reliable for the other person entering into an NDA.”
“I use that visual because that is in my complaint, but that was also just in the middle of a workday.”
The testimony marks the latest development in the ongoing legal battle involving Grant and WWE while lawmakers in Connecticut debate whether new rules should limit how NDAs can be used in harassment and discrimination cases.
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