Reporter Raquel Camila

  Vogue model accused Joseph Lonsdale of sexual assault in a civil lawsuit The case’s lurid details and serious accusations shocked Silicon Valley She claimed she was raped repeatedly and assaults would include strangling and hair pulling Lonsdale ‘deliberately deprived her of food, threw her against walls and would not let her buy tampons’ Clougherty also claimed that Lonsdale told her women need to be raped to learn respect Lawsuit added that he used ‘gaslighting,’ isolation, sleep deprivation and guilt to manipulate her Lonsdale denied claims and said it was attempt to destroy his reputation She has now dropped all the accusations she made against Lonsdale His ban from Stanford University has now been lifted due to ‘new evidence’ A model who accused prominent U.S. venture capitalist  Joseph Lonsdale  of sexual assault in a civil lawsuit has dropped all of her legal claims against him, according to a court filing on Monday. The case shocked Silicon Valley, in part ...

  One of the cofounders of Palantir has been named as a defendant in a lawsuit by a former Stanford student who accuses him of sexual assault and sexual harassment, among other charges. Joe Lonsdale  was named as a defendant in a lawsuit filed by former Stanford student Elise Clougherty. The lawsuit accuses Lonsdale of raping Clougherty while he was her mentor at an entrepreneurship course. Clougherty also claims that Lonsdale went on to hire her as an intern at his VC fund Formation 8, which is named as a defendant in the lawsuit. Lonsdale denies all of the accusations, and is preparing to countersue for defamation. A statement posted online by his lawyers calls Clougherty’s lawsuit “a vile collection of lies and a transparent attempt to destroy the reputation and good name of Joe Lonsdale.” A statement published by Lonsdale in response to the lawsuit calls Clougherty “a disturbed former girlfriend” who is engaging in “a malicious campaign of lies.” Lonsdale also published em...