A Los Angeles jury on Monday awarded a lady $900 million in damages in her sexual assault case towards the inheritor to a Coca-Cola bottling fortune, her legal professional introduced.
The lady, who was recognized as a Jane Doe in her lawsuit towards Alkiviades “Alki” David, alleged she was harassed and raped over a three-year interval from 2016 to 2019, in response to her legal professional.
“It’s so despicable, the info of this case. He raped my shopper whereas on trial in one other case,” mentioned her legal professional, Gary Dordick.
An legal professional for David couldn’t instantly be reached for remark Wednesday.
The jury award, which Dordick’s agency mentioned is believed to be “one of many largest sexual assault verdicts in historical past,” is simply the most recent towards David. He has misplaced a number of different sexual misconduct circumstances introduced towards him, and he and his companies have been ordered to pay about $70 million in mixed damages.
David is thought for his firm Hologram USA, which creates holograms of useless celebrities. His firm portfolio has additionally included quite a few web streaming providers.
The lady who sued David is a mannequin in her 30s who knew him as a “media mogul and billionaire” when she went to work for him at Hologram USA.
From the beginning of her employment, David’s conduct within the workplace was regarding, the lady claimed. A feminine colleague instructed the lady that David had forcibly kissed her, the lawsuit mentioned. And in 2016, the plaintiff alleged David tried to kiss her throughout a piece journey on his personal island in Greece, however she turned away and he apologized.
She was laid off later that 12 months and didn’t communicate to David once more till 2018, in response to the criticism. David then supplied her a job as a model ambassador at his hashish manufacturing firm, Swiss-X.
After accepting the job, David invited the lady again to his resort room the place he had her pattern what he mentioned was a CBD product, in response to the lawsuit. The lady started to really feel inebriated and disoriented and David then masturbated and compelled her to the touch his penis, in response to the swimsuit.
In April 2019, the lady mentioned David raped her in a small room throughout a enterprise assembly together with his Doberman pinscher current, in response to the lawsuit.
