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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Science
Richard Luscombe

SpaceX accused of sexual harassment and discrimination in ex-workers’ suit

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Seven former employees allege SpaceX executives routinely dismissed their concerns or harassed them by excluding them from meetings. Photograph: Valerio Rosati/Alamy

Discrimination, crude sexual humor and harassment were commonplace among SpaceX managers who encouraged a frat-style atmosphere at Elon Musk’s company, a group of former employees has claimed in a civil rights complaint.

The allegations in the filing to state authorities in California, reported on Tuesday by Bloomberg, come as the billionaire, also the owner of X, defends his aerospace company against a separate federal accusation that it fired the workers in retaliation for criticizing him for a series of sexually suggestive tweets.

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