Tatiana Spottiswoode, a former employee of a multinational data and software company Afinity, has testified about being sexually assaulted by employer Zia Chishti on a work trip.
The victim, a law student at Columbia Law School, narrated the ordeal that how she felt pressured into an illegitimate relationship by Zia Chishti – chief of US-based tech company – in front of Congress members.
The development came as the House Judiciary Committee considered legislation that would end forced arbitration for victims of sexual assault and harassment as it requires a worker to go through a private proceeding after bringing an accusation of workplace misconduct.
Former Afinity employee told the committee members that she first met the accused through her family. Chishti, who was 43 at the time, invited her on a ski trip when she was 21.
Delving into details, she mentioned that she had refused Chishti's invitation first but the latter insisted her to meet his nephew. The victim later learned that the Afiniti chief tricked her to the meeting as his nephew didn't exist. She added that Chishti lured her with an extravagant lifestyle as he expressed his feelings for the victim.
WATCH: Tatiana Spottiswoode shares her devastating story of the workplace sexual violence she experienced and the subsequent, secret arbitration process she was forced to endure. #EndForcedArbitration pic.twitter.com/eRmhEURMob
— House Judiciary Dems (@HouseJudiciary) November 16, 2021
Ms. Spottiswoode, who was...
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