The judge denies a dead request to reject the sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the early employee

judge He denied a dead request To reject the lawsuit filed by the early employee Kelly Stonik.

The American boycott judge Barbara Rothstein, who supervises the case, has ruled this month that parts of Stonik’s suit have an advantage, and the case will move forward.

“I hope this ruling will encourage others who have suffered from toxic discrimination and cultures in the workplace that the courts are considered a way to pressure for justice and accountability,” Stonik said in a statement submitted to Techcrunch.

Stonik, who worked in Meta from 2009 to be demobilized in early 2024, I filed a lawsuit against Mita In Washington State earlier this year, sexual harassment, sexual discrimination and revenge claim. Mita was transferred to the Federal Court and submitted a request to reject the Stonelik lawsuit, saying that her allegations are not legally sufficient.

Meta refused to comment on the lawsuit or the judge’s decision.

In her initial complaint, Stonik claims that Mita failed to take action after she was reported to be sexual assault and harassment; It is often passed to upgrade in favor of men; And she faced revenge after marking a video game that she considered racist and harmful to minors. She said that work in favor of Meta under these alleged circumstances strongly harmed her mental condition and left her in medical treatment.

When she was asked in February the reason for her decision to present her allowance, Stonik said that she wanted to seek accountability for what she claims to be a large pattern of abuse in Mita.

“Meta has the opportunity to harm a scale, technology companies only can.”

At that time, Meta refused to comment, citing the suspended litigation.

in His suggestion in the chapter, Meta said that Stonik “failed to any viable claims against Mita”, and that her allegations of harassment, discrimination and revenge fell outside the Law of Washington’s Law against Discrimination (WLAD).

The judge partially rejected this argument.

In the documents submitted on August 21, the judge stated that parts of Stonik’s claims regarding revenge, failure to promote, and sexual harassment were sufficient to survive. The judge rejected other specific claims within the lawsuit that covered other allegations of sexual harassment, revenge and illegal discharge. Stonelake has also been rejected her request to adjust the deposit, if she chooses it.

Stonelake and Meta will now submit a joint report, which is scheduled to be in mid -September.

Stonelik’s allegations are only some prominent allegations that dead had recently faced.

Shortly after Stonelik filed this lawsuit, Sarah Win Williams (who led the general policy of what was then called Facebook) issued her memoirs “People of Loop”, where she claimed sexual harassment by her president, in addition to revenge after informing him. Meta denied these allegations in the book, and is currently preventing Wynn-Williams from marketing it after a judge has sided with Meta, which is likely to have broken an unveiling agreement in writing it.