SoFi CEO Added as Defendant in Expanded Harassment Complaint
A former employee of Social Finance Inc., known as SoFi, alleged in a lawsuit Aug. 11 that the company permitted a culture where women were harassed…
September 01, 2017 at 07:05 PM
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A former employee of Social Finance Inc., known as SoFi, alleged in a lawsuit Aug. 11 that the company permitted a culture where women were harassed and discriminated against and managers mishandled loan applications.
Now the plaintiff, Brandon Charles, has amended the complaint to include SoFi CEO Michael Cagney as a defendant in the case. In the new complaint, he claimed there is a toxic corporate culture “fostered at SoFi by [Cagney] and other executives … The culture of male bravado filters down from the leadership team at SoFi headquarters … throughout the company, empowering other managers to engage in sexual conduct in the workplace.”
The updated complaint filed last week in San Francisco Superior Court, also adds claims of defamation and slander. In it, Charles alleges that the CEO dedicated one of the fintech company's weekly meetings to discussing Charles' lawsuit.
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