Janel Grant just revealed how dark things got while living under the NDA tied to Vince McMahon — and she says it nearly cost her everything. Grant told a room full of advocates that the agreement “nearly took my life” while opening up about years of isolation, wrecked finances and a life she says completely fell apart.
Grant made the revelation while accepting the 2026 Advocacy in Action Award from the Connecticut Alliance to End Sexual Violence on September 11. Ringside News had already covered Grant’s first public speech since the federal lawsuit was dismissed, but Grant later posted a much longer version of the speech on Instagram that revealed just how bad things had gotten. Grant started by talking about power and how quickly life can change when the right people show up at the right moment.
“I’m so grateful to be here. There’s a theme right now in the world, a unifier around power. Powers that be, powers at play, gaining it, winning it. Inner power, use of power, cell phone power.”
She then talked about synchronicity and the idea that people can appear at exactly the right time to completely change somebody’s life.
“The power synchronicity, as I once told Beth, is when the right people meet at the right time, an opportunity pop up that never existed before. Mountains can move, a new path suddenly emerges and is lit, a village can form where there formerly wasn’t one to save a life.”
Then came the bombshell. Grant revealed that the life she was talking about was her own. Grant then directly pointed to the NDA and said the damage surrounding it nearly killed her. She said the fallout wrecked nearly every part of her life over several years.
“Around six weeks ago, that life saved was mine. And what you’re witnessing right now is one giant miracle because it’s taken a village of people and a collective effort to keep me alive and get me here today, like a continued day-to-day effort.”
“The power of an NDA nearly took my life, took my life.”
“What I’ve survived is one, two, three, four years of across-the-board life wreck, like physical health, mental health, my, oh goodness, my support system, my safety, my security, my place in the world, just stability and everything gone, finances gone.”
Grant’s remarks come after she, McMahon and WWE agreed to dismiss the federal lawsuit with prejudice, allowing their claims and defenses to continue through private arbitration instead of open federal court. The lawsuit Grant filed against McMahon and WWE in January 2024 accused McMahon of sexual assault and trafficking while alleging WWE enabled or concealed his conduct. McMahon denied wrongdoing, while WWE disputed Grant’s allegations. The federal case was formally closed in July 2026.
Grant had already been publicly advocating against NDAs before receiving the award. The Connecticut Alliance to End Sexual Violence previously praised her work pushing for limits on agreements that silence survivors, and Grant herself said the organization’s support had saved her life.
But hearing Grant say the NDA “nearly took my life” herself puts a much darker spotlight on everything she says happened after signing it. The courtroom portion of her fight may now be private, but Grant clearly isn’t keeping quiet about what she says those years did to her.
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