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Labor/Employment

Dec. 3, 2019

LA jury hits billionaire with $50M in punitive damages in sex suit

Former employee Mahim Khan testified the Hologram USA chief would routinely sneak up behind her and shove her face into his crotch.

After little more than an hour of deliberation, a jury Monday ordered billionaire Alki David to pay $50 million in punitive damages to a former employee who sued him for sexual harassment.

Coupled with $8.25 million in actual damages awarded to plaintiff Mahim Khan last week, the award against David in the fourth sexual harassment trial brought against him by a former employee in 2019 was $58.25 million.

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