More women come forward with sexual harassment claims against Tesla
Six women currently or formerly working at Tesla's San Francisco electric auto factory and Southern California service centres filed suits against the company
On Tuesday, six women — Michaela Curran, Alize Brown, Jessica Brooks, Alisa Blickman, Samira Sheppard and Eden Mederos — currently or formerly working at Tesla's San Francisco Bay Area electric auto factory and Southern California service centres filed suits against the company led by Elon Musk. The documents filed with the court state, "although Tesla publicly claims that it fosters a safe and respectful environment for its workers, the truth is that for years Tesla has subjected women working in its Fremont plant to nightmarish conditions of rampant sexual harassment"."Tesla's factory floor more resembles a crude, archaic construction site or frat house than a cutting-edge company in the heart of the progressive San Francisco Bay Area," the documents state.
The lawsuits also alleged that Tesla had sought to shield itself from public accountability by forcing employees, as a condition of employment, to waive their rights to a jury or court trial and instead agree to have their legal claims sent into private, confidential arbitration. But the lawyer representing the six women, David A Lowe, a partner at the firm Rudy Exelrod Zieff & Lowe, told ABC News that more women were coming forward following the story being reported across US news media outlets.
Within her first weeks at work, according to court documents, her own supervisor allegedly told her that with her "big butt" she should "shake her ass" and be an exotic dancer, and tried to slap her on the backside as she changed out of the bodysuit she had to wear when painting Tesla's cars.To her face, male co-workers would make sexual comments.
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