The disgraced founder of Princess Beatrice's artificial intelligence firm has been accused by the company of stealing its technology and setting up a rival in China.
Zia Chishti allegedly took source code and other trade secrets when he left Afiniti in 2021, following sexual assault allegations against him.
Bermuda-based Afiniti, which previously boasted David Cameron as an adviser and employs Princess Beatrice as its vice president of partnerships and strategy, claimed Mr Chishti had taken the technology by refusing to relinquish his company computer when he resigned.
He has since set up his own companies in Pakistan and China and started to offer technology to state-backed companies including China Mobile, according to the lawsuit filed in Washington DC.
Mr Chishti, a high-flying Washington entrepreneur who founded Afiniti in 2005 after making a fortune as the inventor of Invisalign dental braces, was forced to step down in November 2021 when Tatiana Spottiswoode, a former employee, gave evidence to the US House of Representatives that he had assaulted her when she was on a work trip with him, leaving her with injuries.
Ms Spottiswoode had been awarded more than $5m (4.1m) after a secret arbitration, and her public revelations in Congress forced Mr Chishti's resignation.
Afiniti had been valued at more than $1bn. It kept a roster of high-profile advisers and directors on its payroll, including Mr Cameron and former US defence chief Mike Mullen, who both quit after the...
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