Janel Grant modified the history of skilled wrestling when she spoke out about her experience with ex-WWE CEO Vince McMahon, and shortly, she’s going to extend her impact far beyond the ring. Advocates and survivors appear in Hartford, Connecticut to push for further legal protections for sexual violence survivors, and Grant will probably be on the front lines, in WWE’s home state, to supply her voice.
A press release from The Connecticut Alliance to End Sexual Violence (The Alliance) was posted onto X, formerly often called Twitter, by PWTorch’s Brian Zilem. Within the report, Grant and Alex Brown, one other sexual violence survivor, were announced as speakers for The Alliance’s gathering outside Hartford’s Legislative Office Constructing the morning of February 19. Grant and Brown’s testimonies, The Alliance hopes, will pressure lawmakers to integrate the federal Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) into state law, whilst changing Connecticut’s NDA laws — laws that, The Alliance claims, are used to suppress survivors and their stories.
Press release.Survivors and advocates will gather Feb. 19 in Hartford to induce lawmakers to codify PREA into Connecticut law and reform NDA policies that silence survivors. Janel Grant is scheduled to talk on the event. pic.twitter.com/1MQiAZybRE
— Brian Zilem 🥃 (@BrianZilem) February 11, 2026
“We’re all more vulnerable to coercive control than we realize,” Grant said in The Alliance’s statement. “Coercive control happens in increments, and full industries are built on systems of coercive control. Tools reminiscent of NDAs might be used to ominously justify anything, and even turn a life into another person’s storyline, keeping even those that haven’t signed confidentiality agreements working in fear.”
Grant hoped that her presence at The Alliance’s gathering will encourage “others with information” to work alongside her to create a safer world. The Alliance described Grant’s NDA with WWE as an element that impacts her ability to talk freely about sexual violence.
While Grant’s appearance alongside The Alliance hopes to bring change, Grant’s own civil lawsuit against McMahon and WWE has hit a bump within the road after a Connecticut District Court judge recently denied an early discovery motion filed by Grant’s team.