Tinder founders say former CEO 'groped and sexually harassed' an executive at a company party in bombshell $2 billion lawsuit
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- Included in a jaw-dropping lawsuit brought by Tinder's founders against its parent company IAC are allegations of sexual misconduct against its former CEO.
- The lawsuit alleges that former Tinder CEO and IAC chairman Greg Blatt "groped and sexually harassed" vice president of marketing Rosette Pambakian, and, after the incident was reported, the parent company conducted an internal investigation, not the independent one that former cofounder and CEO Sean Rad was pushing for.
- Although Blatt was replaced as CEO in January by Mandy Ginsberg, a source tells Business Insider that Blatt was still frequenting Tinder's offices until recently.
Tinder's founders and executives have filed a lawsuit against their parent company IAC filled with some jaw-dropping allegations. They are suing for billions of dollars over what they allege was a deliberate attempt by IAC to "cheat them" out of money owed for their stock options.
IAC for its part says that the lawsuit is unfounded, based on "sour grapes" and that Match has paid out "excess of a billion dollars in equity compensation to Tinder’s founders and employees." (See the company's full statement below.)See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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