Meta Director Sues for Harassment

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Early Meta employee sues for sexual harassment, gender discrimination | TechCrunch

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Kelly Stonelake , who spent 15 years at Meta , is suing the company for sexual harassment, sex discrimination, and retaliation.

She alleges in the lawsuit she faced a cycle of gender-based discrimination and harassment that persisted from shortly after her hiring in 2009 to when she was laid off in January 2024 .

Stonelakes alleges she was routinely passed over for promotions in favor of men on her team.

A Meta spokesperson declined to comment citing pending litigation.

Stonelake alleges her manager harassed and discriminated against her.

She says she raised concerns that Meta 's Horizon Worlds did not have adequate safety systems to keep underage users off the virtual reality social network.

The suit alleges she was excluded from weekly leadership meetings after she raised these concerns.

Afterward she went on emergency medical leave to receive treatments for suicidal thoughts and post-traumatic stress disorder.

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