A former Bay Area tech CEO was fired earlier this year after allegedly enslaving, torturing, and sexually abusing his assistant. He claims the pair had a consensual relationship that people would “celebrate” if it were fictitious.
Former Tradeshift CEO Christian Lanng denied the allegations levied against him and the billion-dollar company he co-founded that were made by a former employee in court Thursday.
"The shocking and vile claims in the lawsuit are categorically false, and I reject allegations that I subjected someone to any form of abuse during my tenure as CEO or at any other time of my life,” Lanng told The Messenger.
In the complaint, an unidentified woman alleged that Lanng sent her into “a dark abyss of unwanted sexual horror," according to The Mercury News.
You can not have sex with your employee or employer. The power dynamic ensures it can never be totally equal and there will always be some duress. If someone holds the power over your finances including your health insurance, saying No is never that simple.
They were dating before he hired her, also mentions that hiring her was a mistake
She says they were never dating.
I must have missed that in the article
It wasn’t in this article. It is here.
Honestly best take. There’s a lot to this story I’m sure and I think it needs to be discovered in a court.
I’m hopeful it’s a truly fair court case as everyone has their right to their day in court.
It’s never that simple, sure. Which means it isn’t as simple as saying categorically “you can not”.
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So, it IS that simple? 🤦
No, it isn’t. You just love pretending to have any nuance, when you’re a hard core conservative.