The entrepreneur Alki David has to pay a court decision, because of various sexual offenses of a woman more than 58 million dollars. This was decided by a jury in Los Angeles who pleaded guilty to the Greek billionaire for sexual harassment, sexual assault and assault.
The victim was therefore an employee of David, who owns several media companies. The sum, which he should now pay, is composed according to the plaintiff, according to two parts: In addition to a compensation of 50 million dollars, David must pay another $ 8.25 million in compensation to Mahim K.
K. had accused David of exposing himself to her in 2014. He wanted to urge her to oral sex and kept his gender in her face. "I hope that the message of this verdict arrives at Alki David, so that he never even thinks of using violence against women again," said the plaintiff in a statement.
Several judgments within a few months
According to the Los Angeles Times, the fine is one of the highest amounts ever set in comparable cases. David announced that he would take action against the guilty verdict. In a statement on Monday, he dismissed the applicant's allegations and accused the jury of not having listened to witnesses.
According to the Los Angeles Times, this was already the third verdict against David this year alone. In April, another woman 11.1 million euros have been awarded, the David should have fired because she refused to have sex with him. The sum was later reduced to eight million dollars.
In another case, David has to pay more than five million dollars to a former employee, according to a jury decision a few weeks ago. He is said to have strangled her among others in 2016 and spoke of a "rape room". In two other cases, there are still no court decisions.
David denies the allegations, last he said: "I have never touched any of these women."
