Former Hyperloop One CTO alleges executive placed a noose in his office
On Tuesday, Hyperloop One's former CTO and co-founder Brogan BamBrogan launched a broad complaint against the company and many of its executives, alleging labor violations, defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, assault, and breach of fiduciary duty. Among the claims, BamBrogan says that a fellow executive left a noose on his office chair after the former CTO voiced concerns about the company’s leadership to Moscow executives.
The Los Angeles-based Hyperloop One was formed two years ago to turn a white paper written by Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk into a reality. Musk drew a rough outline of a rail line using magnetic tracks and pressurized tubes to send passengers and cargo 700mph, but the CEO declined to spend resources building the system and made his notes available to any enterprising group. Hyperloop One successfully tested its propulsion system in May in Nevada.
BamBrogan filed the lawsuit along with three other former employees of the company, including former Assistant General Counsel David Pendergast. In the complaint, the plaintiffs name co-founder Shervin Pishevar, his brother and the company’s former chief legal officer for Hyperloop One, Afshin Pishevar, and two other executives involved with the company.
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