tl;dr: Per the last report of the DOJ requesting the suit be paused due to their own pending investigation and legal action - Request granted.

The judge in the Janel Grant/Vince McMahon/WWE lawsuit has officially put the lawsuit on pause.

Judge Jeffery A. Meyer on Tuesday officially put Grant’s lawsuit against Vince McMahon, John Laurinaitis, and WWE on pause after both sides agreed to pause the suit per a request from the Department of Justice as they continue a federal investigation regarding McMahon. The case will be put on pause for the next six months, meaning the lawsuit at the earliest won’t resume until December 11.

The judge in the Janel Grant/Vince McMahon/WWE lawsuit has officially put the lawsuit on pause.

Judge Jeffery A. Meyer on Tuesday officially put Grant’s lawsuit against Vince McMahon, John Laurinaitis, and WWE on pause after both sides agreed to pause the suit per a request from the Department of Justice as they continue a federal investigation regarding McMahon. The case will be put on pause for the next six months, meaning the lawsuit at the earliest won’t resume until December 11.

In a statement to Wrestlenomics, a spokesperson for McMahon said they did not object to pause the suit.

Mr. McMahon is eager to prove Ms. Grant’s claims are false and expose her lies, but did not object to the government’s request to pause the matter in connection with the investigation regarding disclosures at WWE. Following the six-month stay, when his legal team is able to get discovery and depose Ms. Grant and others, the evidence will show the relationship was consensual and Ms. Grant’s allegations are malicious fabrications of a jilted lover.

With the pause, the defendant’s motion to compel arbitration has been denied, along with Grant’s motion to strike comments from McMahon’s filings. However, they were denied “without prejudice,” meaning the motions can be renewed two weeks after the case resumes.

On May 30, Grant agreed to delay the lawsuit at the Justice Department’s request. She filed the lawsuit in January accusing McMahon and Laurinaitis of sexual assault and trafficking, something both have denied.