11 more women abused by tech honchos come forward following perv list expose

Silicon Valley’s secret “pervert list” was just the beginning.Eleven more women have come forward to report sexual assaults in the tech world since The Post revealed last week that there was a spreadsheet circulating in Silicon Valley with the names “over 100” alleged sexual predators, including “prominent investors and businessmen.” The alleged victims said they wanted to share their stories and be added to the list.“There are these men in tech who are acting as power brokers and sexual abusers, trading favors, and covering up for each other,” a Silicon Valley insider with knowledge of the tech community told The Post.“I do really see this as an Epstein-like network, where there’s a lot of abusers who basically work with each other … But we’re actually just at this point looking at the tip of the iceberg.”One woman who came forward claims the man she accused hacked her phone and used her confidential information and strategy against her. Another woman, a former private banker, told The Post she reported a sexual assault by a colleague at a bank in Singapore, was fired and saw the case closed without a chance to submit new evidence.The man faced no consequences, she said.

She has since moved to the Middle East and cannot find work.“Nobody will hire me anymore,” she said, crying.Tracy DeTomasi, CEO of Callisto, a San Francisco nonprofit that built an online platform connecting survivors who potentially had the same attackers, said women desperately need a way to share information about potential perpetrators.“Women are trying to find a way to protect themselves.Who’s trying to stop the men?” she told The Post. “Because we can only protect ourselves so much.

We need a solution that really changes companies’ approaches to getting rid of toxic, abusive offenders.And that’s not happening right now.

It’s not happening in tech, it’s not happening in universities, it’s not happening in government, it’s not happening a...

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Publisher: New York Post

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