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BetterWorks and CEO Sued By Ex-employee For Alleged Sexually Suggestive Assault (techcrunch.com)

Posted by msmash on from the culture dept.

From a report: Beatrice Kim is suing her former employer, BetterWorks, and its CEO Kris Duggan for allegedly assaulting her in a sexual manner during a company retreat. The lawsuit also implicates the performance management software startup's regional VP Matt Hart and VP of People Operations Tamara Cooksey for allowing sexual harassment in the workplace and not taking action against Duggan after the alleged assault was reported to the company. Kim is suing over sexual harassment and discrimination, assault and battery, demanding a jury trial, Kim's lawyer Conor D. Mack of Arena Hoffman LLP told TechCrunch.

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  1. Re:WTF is "Sexually Suggestive Assault"?! by Gavagai80 · · Score: 2, Informative

    It's basically a troll headline/summary: lead with the stuff about sexually suggestive talk in the workplace, note the existence of a sexual assault lawsuit, and rely on "MRA" types with short attention spans leaping to the conclusion that the CEO has been sued for sexually assaulting someone with words. Then quietly bury the graphic details of a sexual assault at the bottom of the article, which nobody gets to because they're too busy posting their outrage at feminazis.

    Then sit back and enjoy the ad revenue from the manufactured controversy.

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  2. Re:If there's one rule by Gavagai80 · · Score: 3, Informative

    So in other words: no witnesses?

    The person who arrived to save her by pulling the CEO off her was obviously a witness.

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  3. The Sexual Harassment is Important by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    The sexual harassment in the workplace is important for the lawsuit. This woman is suing her former employer, BetterWorks, for allowing the CEO to continue after they had been informed of his problem. If Duggan's sexual assault against this woman had been the first time he had done something sexually inappropriate, then BetterWorks would not have had borne any responsibility.

  4. Re:WTF is "Sexually Suggestive Assault"?! by Notabadguy · · Score: 3, Informative

    If you RTFA, he didn't grab her leg. He came into her cabin during a company retreat while dead drunk, grabbed her legs and put them up in the air, then started grinding on her while she was on her back while she's begging him to stop. Eventually a co-worker came and rescued her, at which point she hides and sobs until she gets escorted away.

    Then the CEO issues a company wide apology letter for his misbehavior while drunk during the retreat and hires a third party investigator, who determines that no wrong-doing took place.