Whistle blower says Uber investigating her for account deletions
PUBLISHED ONMarch 03, 2017 2:05 AMByJack Morse
Uber just doesn't know when to quit. And Susan Fowler Rigetti is ready.
The former Uber engineer whose explosive blog post detailed alleged sexual harassment and HR negligence at the company, claims the ride-hail giant is now blaming her for the rash of account deletions following her Feb. 19 post and has hired a law firm to investigate her. In turn, she's hired a law firm of her own.
"Uber names/blames me for account deletes, and has a different law firm -not Holders - investigating me," Rigetti wrote on Twitter Thursday morning. She then noted that she has hired Baker Curtis & Schwartz, a firm specialising in employment law, to represent her.
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It is not clear if the investigation she mentions is part of the "smear campaign" she alleged last week, and our attempts to reach Rigetti went unanswered.
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We also reached out to Uber to confirm that they are in fact investigating Rigetti as she claims, and an Uber spokesperson responded that the "law firm Perkins Coie is looking into the specific allegations raised by Susan. They will report into Eric Holder, who is responsible for the overall investigation into Uber's workplace practices. To be clear: they are investigating Susan's claims, not Susan personally."
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A message left with Baker Curtis & Schwartz went unreturned.
If Uber is in fact blaming Rigetti for the recent #DeleteUber campaign, it would represent a stark turnaround from just last week when Uber CEO Travis Kalanick appeared to eat crow in an email to staff announcing an internal investigation into Rigetti's claims.
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In an email, an Uber spokesperson denied that notion that the company blames Rigetti for the campaign.
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