This story has been updated to include a statement from Vince McMahon’s counsel
Janel Grant is seeking to have the verified complaint issued by Dr. Carlon Colker thrown out and is seeking penalties.
Last week, Dr. Colker filed a complaint denouncing Grant’s allegations of improper treatment at his Peak Wellness Clinic, calling it a “smear campaign” and describing harm that has been done to his reputation and damage in the “tens of millions of dollars”.
Dr. Colker was seeking documentation he claimed was issued to Grant and would refute her claims if she produced them while also seeking deposition for Grant.
This stems from a bill of discovery filed by Grant last month with her legal representation seeking the electronic medical records from Dr. Colker and Peak Wellness, claiming the records previously provided to her were “inaccurate and incomplete”. Grant alleged that she was not made aware of various treatments she was put through including I.V. infusion and pills and received pushback from Colker when she inquired.
Grant stated that she began seeing Dr. Colker for treatment in November 2019 after being sent at the direction of Vince McMahon.
On Monday, Grant filed a motion to strike the verified complaint in the Connecticut Superior Court and dismiss Colker’s bill of discovery in its entirety while also seeking “an award for statutory sanctions, costs, and attorneys’ fees against Plaintiffs.”
Grant’s side called it a “desperate and brazen attempt to silence a former patient investigating wrongdoing related to her medical care.”
Grant argues that the complaint by Colker failed to establish claims upon which relief could be granted and is an infringement on her First Amendment right of free speech to report on a matter of public health and concern.
Also notable from the new filing, Grant's attorneys confirm the identities of some pseudonyms in the federal complaint filed in January against WWE, Vince McMahon, and John Laurinaitis.
Dr. Colker is the anonymized "Celebrity Doctor", Peak Wellness is "Alternative Clinic", and… https://t.co/O4rsmyn55v pic.twitter.com/2GUwISA3cG
— Brandon Thurston (@BrandonThurston) August 12, 2024
Grant is seeking treble damages against Colker and Peak Wellness for bringing the bill of discovery without any probable cause listed and calling it a “malicious intent unjustly to vex and trouble Ms. Grant.”
Grant is being represented by Ann Callis of Holland Law Firm, and David Slossberg & Erica Nolan of Hurwitz, Sagarin, Slossberg & Knuff, LLC.
The motion to strike the bill of discovery was delivered to Colker and Peak Wellness’ legal reps, Frank Silvestri and Robert Laplaca of Verrill Dana LLC.
POST Wrestling has reached out to Colker’s legal representatives, who declined to comment on Monday’s filing and will “reserve our comments for court.”
Jessica Taub Rosenberg, partner, Akin Gump, and counsel to Vince McMahon issued the following statement to POST Wrestling on Tuesday morning:
Ms. Grant first brought frivolous litigation to publicly harm Mr. McMahon’s reputation. Then, despite agreeing to pause it at the Government’s request, she continued to publicly harass Mr. McMahon and those connected to him by initiating another frivolous action against Dr. Colker and talking to the media about it. Mr. McMahon will continue to use every tool at his disposal to end this malicious and meritless pursuit by Ms. Grant.
