A San Francisco tech company co-founder allegedly compelled his ex-assistant to sign a disturbing "slave contract," leading to years of reported "unwanted sexual horror."
The tech firm revealed the dismissal of former CEO Christian Lanng five weeks prior, citing 'gross misconduct on multiple grounds' after the company became aware of “gross misconduct on multiple grounds” following management's discovery of “serious allegations of sexual assault and harassment” against him.
Jane Doe filed a lawsuit against Tradeshift and its CEO Christian Lanng, alleging that Lanng compelled her to sign a distressing 'slave contract' only months after she began working as his executive assistant.
The lawsuit claims that this initial coercive act was followed by an extensive period of years during which she alleges in a legal document that she experienced horrifying instances of rape, sexual abuse, torture, and physical assault.
CEO Christian Lanng strongly refuted Doe's accusations.
“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,” he said in a statement.
“A highly distorted version of the extremely intimate details of a private consensual sexual relationship is now not only in the public domain but also being used to defame me for personal financial gain.”
The accuser alleges that she was dismissed in 2020 after raising concerns to human resources about the purportedly coerced signing of a nine-page 'slave contract.
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