Dr. Carlon Colker Pushes to Dismiss Janel Grant’s Medical Records Request in WWE Lawsuit

Janel Grant requested records from Dr. Carlon Colker, a wellness doctor connected to her case. Vince McMahon tried to stop this request, but a judge ruled against him. Dr. Colker has denied any wrongdoing in his treatment of Grant. In response to Colker’s request to dismiss her evidence petition, Grant filed a motion to cancel his discovery request. A lot’s happened since then, and now Dr. Colker is asking for Grant’s petition to be dismissed.

Janel Grant had previously filed a petition to access records from Dr. Carlon Colker and his clinic, Peak Wellness, Inc. She claims that in November 2019, she received treatments there—including pills and IV infusions—at Vince McMahon’s instruction. When she asked about these substances, Dr. Colker reportedly challenged her trust in him.

Dr. Colker responded by filing a complaint, denying her claims and calling them a “smear campaign.” He argues that these accusations have seriously harmed his reputation, estimating the damage to be “tens of millions of dollars.” Dr. Colker is requesting documents to refute Grant’s claims and is also seeking to question her directly.

In response, Grant filed a motion in Connecticut Superior Court to dismiss Colker’s complaint and his request for evidence. She is also asking for sanctions, costs, and attorney fees, arguing that Colker’s actions are intended to intimidate her and violate her First Amendment rights, describing his complaint as baseless and an attempt to block her investigation into her medical treatment.

According to POST Wrestling, Dr. Carlon Colker and his clinic, Peak Wellness, have filed a motion to dismiss Janel Grant’s request for records in Connecticut Superior Court. Colker’s attorneys argue they already provided her team with electronic copies of the medical and billing records she requested. To support this, they included emails sent to Grant’s counsel showing when they shared the records.

Grant’s request seeks eight specific types of information. These include her electronic medical records, billing and payment records, and payment arrangements involving Vince McMahon and WWE. She also wants details on the purpose and substances of her prescribed treatments.

On top of that, she is asking for any communications between Dr. Colker and McMahon related to her care, as well as information on Colker’s role in recommending her attorney for a potential non-disclosure agreement.

Colker’s lawyers argue Grant’s petition is aimed at building a federal case, not one in Connecticut state court, as required by state law. They claim she is using state discovery procedures to sidestep restrictions in the federal case, which is currently paused per a ruling by Judge Jeffrey Meyer. The defense team insists that, were the federal case active, Grant would be pursuing this evidence there, not in state court.

Colker’s attorneys suggest that Grant could prevent dismissal by clearly stating her intent to bring any new claims in Connecticut Superior Court. However, they argue that Grant’s requests are tied closely to her federal case, so the petition should be dismissed for violating state law.

“This is not a violation of Judge Meyer’s stay. It is an effort to evade Connecticut’s requirement that bills of discovery… must be brought for the purpose of litigation in Connecticut Superior Court.

All that Grant would have to do to avoid dismissal on this ground would be to acknowledge, forthrightly and unconditionally, that she will use whatever information she obtains in this proceeding in an action that she will bring in the Connecticut Superior Court,” Colker’s attorneys wrote. “She cannot truthfully do so. A review of the eight categories of information she seeks to discover here, when read in light of the summary of her allegations relating to her federal action… makes clear that this action is joined at the hip with her federal action.

If the federal case wasn’t put on hold, lawyers for Colker say, Grant “could and would be pursuing this discovery and suing defendants in the federal case.”

Janel Grant’s attorney, Ann Callis, stated that Dr. Colker and Peak Wellness are withholding records to avoid legal action. Callis added that Grant deserves answers and urged the court to compel the defendants to provide the requested records.

“By his own admission, Dr. Colker’s filing today all but confirms they have withheld the requested records for fear they could lead to further legal action against him,” Callis said. “Ms. Grant deserves answers, and we respectfully ask the court to compel Dr. Colker and Peak Wellness to provide her with long overdue clarity.”

Regardless, it remains to be seen how the lawsuit will progress as there are quite a few elements to it so it might take a considerable amount of time to reach a conclusion, especially now that Colker clearly isn’t done with Janel Grant either.

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