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SpaceX allegedly fostered serial sexual abuse, according to this lawsuit

An employee describes dark years at SpaceX.

But her story paints a much graver picture than those individual words can convey, describing widespread harassment and coordinated action to not only enable but also later give cover for sexual coercion, by a man she says was her direct supervisor. The details of her complaint are especially grim; while they echo the 2021 stories of five former SpaceX employees and eight women who sued Tesla, another Elon Musk-owned company, the tale seems darker. At the moment, SpaceX is the subject of a proposed class action lawsuit over alleged pay and promotion inequity against women and minors, and in January the company was sued by the National Labor Relations Board(NLRB) for firing employees shortly after they wrote an open letter that criticized CEO Elon Musk.

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