Per a new press release released on Tuesday morning, the attorneys for former WWE employee Janel Grant submitted a new legal filing in Connecticut state court against Dr. Carlon Colker, physician and owner of Peak Wellness, Inc.
In the press release, its notes the filing alleges that Vince McMahon sent Ms. Grant to the medical clinic and sexually abused her with one of the clinic’s employees. The filing also alleges Dr. Colker repeatedly medicated Ms. Grant with unknown substances, including intravenously. Furthermore, it seeks to compel that Dr. Carlon Coker and Peak Wellness to turn over Ms. Grant’s full electronic medical and billing records as well as messages between Dr. Colker and Vince McMahon regarding Ms. Grant.
You can read the full press release below:
NEW: Vince McMahon Sent Janel Grant to Medical Clinic Where Doctor Medicated Her with Unknown Substances & Employed A Physical Therapist Who Participated in Her Sexual Abuse, Attorneys Submit in Legal Filing
The physician was paid by Vince McMahon and the clinic has refused to provide Ms. Grant her full medical records as required by law.
NEW YORK, NY – Today, attorneys for Janel Grant submitted a new legal filing in Connecticut state court against Dr. Carlon Colker, a physician on former WWE CEO Vince McMahon’s payroll, and Peak Wellness, Inc., the medical clinic owned by Dr. Colker. The filing alleges that McMahon sent Ms. Grant to the medical clinic and sexually abused her with one of the clinic’s employees. The filing also alleges that Dr. Colker repeatedly medicated Ms. Grant with unknown substances, including intravenously. It seeks to compel Dr. Colker and Peak Wellness to turn over Ms. Grant’s full electronic medical and billing records as well as messages between Dr. Colker and Vince McMahon regarding Ms. Grant.
When Ms. Grant was suffering from symptoms of severe stress and trauma due to her abuse, Vince McMahon coerced her to schedule appointments at Peak Wellness. McMahon, who was in direct contact with Dr. Colker, obtained access to Ms. Grant’s private medical records and dictated her treatments. A physical therapist at Peak Wellness joined McMahon in the repeated sexual abuse of Ms. Grant, including one instance in which McMahon defecated on Ms. Grant’s head and forced her to continue engaging in a sexual act with the Peak Wellness employee.
“Imagine being at your most vulnerable, and the doctor you are told to see only makes you feel worse,” said Ann Callis, attorney for Janel Grant. “Our filing today makes clear that Dr. Colker violated ethical and medical standards when he injected unknown substances into Janel’s body and directed her to take unlabeled pills while dismissing her basic questions about those drugs. Peak Wellness owes Janel Grant answers and the clinic’s secrecy and evasion must come to an end.”
On July 1, 2024, Ms. Grant’s attorneys filed a bill of discovery request against Dr. Colker and Peak Wellness to gain access to her full electronic medical and billing records as well all messages between Dr. Colker and McMahon regarding Ms. Grant after they repeatedly refused to comply with Ms. Grant’s requests. In response to this proceeding, both McMahon and Dr. Colker made separate attempts to block Ms. Grant’s filing. McMahon’s attempt to block Ms. Grant’s bill of discovery proceeding was denied by the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut on August 6, 2024.
All patients have the right to receive their full medical records under federal and state law, including HIPAA, the Cures Act, and Connecticut General Statutes § 20-7c. Ms. Grant has requested her full electronic medical records from Peak Wellness on several different occasions, and each time the clinic has failed to comply with her requests. Specifically, in the new legal filing, Ms. Grant has requested eight different categories of records from Peak Wellness, including:
Ms. Grant’s electronic medical records, including all associated metadata;
Dr. Colker and Peak Wellness’ recordkeeping and billing procedures;
Payment records relating to Ms. Grant;
Dr. Colker and Peak Wellness’ payment arrangements with McMahon and/or WWE;
The purpose of Ms. Grant’s prescribed treatments;
The substance of Ms. Grant’s prescribed treatments;
Any communications between Dr. Colker and McMahon relating to Ms. Grant; and
Dr. Colker’s involvement in recommending Ms. Grant’s attorney for negotiation of the purported non-disclosure agreement.
Ms. Grant is the former WWE employee and sexual assault and human trafficking survivor who has filed a lawsuit against former WWE CEO McMahon, former WWE executive John Laurinaitis, and the WWE organization.”
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F4WOnline in their report on the matter, has provided a detailed timeline of Coker vs. Grant, which is courtesy of the publication that you can read below:
-February 2024, Janel Grant’s lawyers requested that her medical records from the Dr. Colker’s Peak Wellness Clinc but were given incomplete records.
-On March 20, 2024, Janel Grant’s counsel sent a second request asking for her medical records and was again given with incomplete records.
-July 1, 2024, Janel Grant filed a Bill of Discovery in Connecticut court asking for her medical and billing records from Dr. Carlon Colker’s Peak Wellness Clinic.
-On July 25, 2024, Vince McMahon’s lawyers argued that Janel Grant’s filing in a state court violated the federal stay order related to Grant’s lawsuit against WWE, John Laurinaitis, and Vince McMahon filed back in January. They petitioned the federal court to temporarily lift the stay order to ensure Grant “abides by the Court’s order and if she does not that civil contempt and financial sanctions may result.”
-On August 6, 2024, a judge denied Vince McMahon’s motion, stating that the action taken in a Connecticut court did not violate the stay order in federal court. Dr. Colker’s lawyers then filed a response on the same date to Grant’s Bill of Discovery stating it was part of a “smear campaign.” Colker’s complaint also requested Grant “provide information concerning her activities in intentionally fostering patent lies and material misstatements.”
-On August 12, 2024, Janel Grant filed to strike the complaint by Dr. Colker
-On August 29, 2024, Dr. Colker’s lawyers filed a motion to dismiss
-On September 4, 2024, Dr. Colker voluntarily withdrew his complaint
-On October 15, 2024, Janel Grant’s lawyers filed a memorandum of law asking the court to deny Dr. Colker’s motion to dismiss
WWE Survivors posted on X Monday, tagging Wing Stop and Slim Jim, who are two of the biggest sponsors of WWE, while noting that they have received no from WWE or Endeavor on Janel Grant’s call to waive the NDA’s allowing employees and wrestler to speak out on sexual misconduct and workplace aggression. WWE Survivors also notes Endeavor has the power to end WWE’s toxic work culture.
WWE Survivors on their X, describes themselves as advocates for justice for Janel Grant, holding Vince McMahon and WWE accountable for their wrongdoings, and to empower. Empowering survivors and demanding change in the industry.