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An arbitrator has sided with former Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt, ruling that he was not guilty of sexual assault against his former girlfriend and business partner Michelle Ritter.The arbitrator, retired Washington State Judge Beth Andrus, recently ordered Ritter to pay $10.7 million in damages to Schmidt.
Ritter sued Schmidt in Los Angeles County Superior Court last September, accusing the billionaire tech mogul of “forcibly” raping her on a yacht off the coast of Mexico in 2021.She also alleged Schmidt forced her to have nonconsensual sex at the Burning Man festival in 2023.
Business A lawsuit by an ex-girlfriend of former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, accusing him of sexual assault and accessing her company account, has been sent to arbitration.“I clearly told him ‘no’ and tried to get him to stop, but I had learned that attempting to resist physically would be futile and make things worse,” Ritter said in a legal filing.Schmidt has denied the accusations under oath.The arbitrator said that Ritter did “everything she could possibly do” to avoid discussing the rape accusations under oath.
Ritter had a romantic relationship with the 70-year-old Schmidt after they met in 2020 while she was pursuing graduate degrees in law and business at Columbia University.He invested about $100 million in a joint venture with her that later fell apart.The pair’s dispute stretches back to 2024 after their personal relationship unraveled and as they were negotiating a settlement of their Steel Perlot venture, a business accelerator that invested in artificial intelligence, crypto and other startups.Ritter also accused Schmidt of stealing the joint venture from her, which he denied.
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