San Francisco tech company co-founder Christian Lanng is accused of forcing his former assistant to sign an inappropriate “slave contract,” exposing her to years of harrowing and unwanted sexual horror.
The lawsuit, filed Thursday, alleges Lanng imposed the contract on his executive assistant shortly after hiring her from Tradeshift.
The person, referred to in court documents as Jane Doe, claims Lanng subjected her to years of rape and abuse. The software company is also involved in the lawsuit.
Lanng's torment allegedly included “inflicting physical pain in various ways, urinating on her and regularly using foreign objects to penetrate her,” as detailed in the lawsuit initially reported by police. Mercury news.
These disturbing allegations emerged after the director was dismissed as CEO earlier this year for 'gross misconduct on multiple grounds'. Management became aware of “serious allegations of sexual assault and harassment” against him, prompting his dismissal.
The person who made the allegations further claimed that she was fired in 2020 after raising concerns with human resources about the nine-page “slave contract” she said she was forced to sign. New York Post reported.
According to an alleged copy of the contract filed with the lawsuit, Doe allegedly agreed to “always be sexually available to her master when he needs sex and never deny him sex even if he is not wearing the clothes '. [day] collar.”
“Every time she sees her master in private for the first time, she must kneel and ask if she can do anything for him,” the alleged contract added.
The document also stated that Lanng “may impose whatever punishment the master decides to inflict, whether deserved or not” – although it did note that it was the “master's responsibility” to prevent the woman from being killed or permanent injury was caused.
The contract stated that the slave must always endure her punishment “without being angry, sullen, or frustrated with her master” and that she must “thank him afterwards”.
According to the lawsuit, the former assistant was also required to keep a “diary” documenting her “subjugation and enslavement” by the suspect. In addition, she had reportedly agreed to be physically punished “with a stick” if she failed to write submissive entries.
According to the prosecutor, Lanng allegedly subjected the woman to severe beatings, causing her to bleed, and was guilty of offenses involving inanimate objects.
The legal filing alleges that the plaintiff was contractually obligated to dress in an “appropriate, feminine manner” and maintain a weight between 130 and 155 pounds. In addition, she allegedly agreed to provide Lanng with weekly spreadsheets detailing her progress.
“The slave agrees to submit completely to the master in all ways. There are no limits of place, time or situation in which the slave may deliberately refuse to obey the master's directives without risking punishment,” the contract said . .
“The slave also agrees that once he has entered into the Contract of Slavery, his body belongs to his master and may be used as deemed appropriate within the guidelines defined herein. All of the slave's property also belongs to the master, including all assets, finances, online accounts and material goods, with which they can do as they please.”
The former assistant said she signed the contract because she “loved her job, was doing important work in her new role and didn't want to miss the opportunity to work at Tradeshift.”
A representative for Tradeshift, which was also named in the lawsuit, told The New York Post that it “denies the allegations in the claim to the extent they have been made against the company,” but declined to comment further while referring back to the statement. released in October announcing Lanng's resignation.
Lanng vehemently denied the allegations in a statement to The Post, saying the pair had a consensual sexual relationship.