Ann Lai, a former employee of the venture capital firm Binary Capital that is at risk of shutting down, is suing the firm and its co-founder Justin Caldbeck for defamation and making false claims to block her from getting new work after she left.
A former Binary Capital employee is suing Justin Caldbeck and the VC firm
Ann Lai alleges defamation and other claims.
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Jason Del Rey has been a business journalist for 15 years and has covered Amazon, Walmart, and the e-commerce industry for the last decade. He was a senior correspondent at Vox.
Lai left the firm last year and alleges that she did so in part because of a sexist work environment and learning of what the suit describes as “disturbing information about Caldbeck’s treatment of women.” Bloomberg first reported on the lawsuit.
Caldbeck first took a leave and then resigned from Binary in the past week after six women came forward and accused Caldbeck of unwanted sexual advances and — in one instance — groping.
Recode later reported that another female founder, Stitch Fix CEO Katrina Lake, had complained about Caldbeck at his previous firm, Lightspeed, and had him removed as a board observer.
Here’s Lai’s full complaint against Binary Capital and Caldbeck.
This article originally appeared on Recode.net.
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