A former Bay Area tech CEO was fired earlier this year after allegedly enslaving, torturing, and sexually abusing his assistant. He claims the pair had a consensual relationship that people would “celebrate” if it were fictitious.

Former Tradeshift CEO Christian Lanng denied the allegations levied against him and the billion-dollar company he co-founded that were made by a former employee in court Thursday.

"The shocking and vile claims in the lawsuit are categorically false, and I reject allegations that I subjected someone to any form of abuse during my tenure as CEO or at any other time of my life,” Lanng told The Messenger.

In the complaint, an unidentified woman alleged that Lanng sent her into “a dark abyss of unwanted sexual horror," according to The Mercury News.

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    7 months ago

    He’s talking about 50 Shades of Grey. Which is a work of fiction that has been systematically pointed as problematic.

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      7 months ago

      Their point was this dude isn’t in a movie or tv show. A lot of crazy shit happens in movies that you wouldn’t want to happen in real life, this is one of them.