Judge seals court filing after Janel Grant’s medical records mistakenly surface amid legal battle with Dr. Carlon Colker

The federal court dispute involving former WWE employee Janel Grant and physician Dr. Carlon Colker escalated this week after sensitive medical records appeared publicly online.

The unredacted filing, briefly accessible on the federal docket Tuesday night, prompted swift intervention.

By Wednesday, Judge Sarah F. Russell ordered the document sealed, citing the exposure of both Grant’s birth date and her confidential medical history. Although a redacted version followed, the private information had already been available to the public.

Filing error prompted judges' reaction in Janel Grant’s high-profile legal fight

The filing in question came from Dr. Carlon Colker’s legal team as part of his defamation lawsuit against Janel Grant’s attorney, Ann Callis. Colker claims Callis and her firm damaged his reputation with false statements about his treatment of Grant, who has separately accused Vince McMahon and WWE of trafficking and abuse. Grant alleges McMahon directed her to Colker’s Peak Wellness clinic, where she was given unnamed pills and intravenous treatments without clarity about their nature.

Colker denies wrongdoing and stresses that he is not a defendant in the federal trafficking suit (per Brandon Thurston of Post Wrestling).

To bolster their defamation claims, Colker’s attorneys included excerpts of Grant’s medical records in their brief. That decision quickly backfired. Judge Russell noted the document contained prohibited details: “a non-party’s [Grant’s] birth date” and “medical records that are the subject of an unopposed Motion to Seal.”

In her order, she explained, “Given these circumstances, the court finds clear and compelling reasons to seal [Colker’s] response pending the filing of a redacted response.

”On Wednesday, Colker’s team submitted an updated version with the sensitive portions blacked out. So far, neither Colker’s counsel nor Grant’s representatives commented publicly.

The recent leak has broader implications in the Vince McMahon-linked lawsuit

This courtroom mishap is only one thread in a wider legal web.

Colker, represented by attorney Alejandro Brito, who also handles defamation cases for President Donald Trump, argues that Callis acted with “actual malice,” the legal threshold for defamation involving public figures. At the same time, his filings suggest he may challenge that classification, contending he is a private individual, which would lower the burden of proof.Colker’s team doubled down in their brief, insisting “even a cursory review of the medical records supports the notion of patient-initiated, informed, and consented treatments of Grant.”

Callis, however, has maintained her statements were grounded in Grant’s own accounts and conditions.Also Read: Trish Stratus shares heartbreaking message as she announces her mother’s passing following long fight with cancerThe dispute comes against the backdrop of Grant’s broader case against Vince McMahon and WWE, which alleges years of abuse and trafficking. Grant’s legal team has described lawsuits like Colker’s and delays in accessing her medical files as forms of retaliation. In Connecticut, Grant is also suing Colker and Peak Wellness to secure more records and communications that could shed light on her treatment and connections to McMahon.