pishevar is confident he will be vindicated." the accounts of five separate women who declined to let us use their names out of fear retribution -- fear of .etaliation discussn met him to career opportunities, and he toited her back to his home discuss career opportunities where he forcibly kissed her. she pushed him off and left. these stories are quite graphic. you can read the story for yourself, but six accounts reported in this story of unwanted advances. these accounts pretty much indicate that behavior. tell us a little about shervin pishevar. who is he? he is linked to uber, and that's partly why it grabs our attention, but is he well-known in silicon valley or is he known overseas as well? emily: he is well known in silicon valley, across the country, and overseas. he has documented his relationship with russian president vladimir putin. he is a major democratic party donor. he has given money to hillary clinton, to barack obama, to senator cory booker. he is very well connected in hollywood. good friends of leonardo dic

this week, prominent tech investor shervin pishevar, who has been accused of sexual misconduct, saide is taking a leave of absence from his duties at venture capital firm and transportation company hyperloop one. five women who met him in a professional context said they were sexually assaulted or harassed by him. current and former colleagues of a sixth woman say he groped her at an uber holiday party. pishevar has sued the definers, a research firm founded by republicans, for spreading false information about him. the definers has responded to the suit, saying they had nothing to do with his accusations, and the suit should be dismissed. in a statement, pishevar wrote "as the legal case progresses, it is my priority to ensure the family is not adversely affected. i am confident i will be vindicated." this week, google won dismissal of a california action lawsuit saying the company systematically paid male employees more than females. san francisco superior court judge mary weiss wrote "the definition does not purport to distinguish between female employees who may have a valid clai

emily: before any stories about this alleged sexual assault in sued ahappened, pishevar london researchm for being part of a broader smear campaign against him, and that very much discouraged more women from coming forward. the women that had agreed to give their names decided not to, and we ultimately told their stories on background, which was incredibly difficult. successfullso the effort against the son to get an injunction on them to stop them from according the alleged rape in london. it has just been at every turn. this super powerful figure in silicon valley, someone who has donated more than $500,000 to top democrats -- hillary clinton, cory booker, kamala harris, president barack obama. this super connected figure, and i think it took a lot of courage or you and your sources to get the story out, and it has been a long time in the works and has been supercop located because of the situation in london and sort of an effort to muddy the water there, so getting these women who had experiences with him outside of the legal system was i think super important. we've been spending a

. ♪ emily: tech investor shervin pishevar resigned from sherpa capital.accused of sexual assault and harassment by multiple women in the tech industry. in a statement the company said , we are deeply committed to our culture of integrity, inclusion and respect. we will continue to put these values into action over all of sherpa capitals activities. including the founders and companies we support. onsays he plans on focusing the ongoing legal actions against those who were unjustly launching a smear campaign against me. he has denied all allegations. oracle and adobe out after the bell. oracle reported adjusted revenue for the second quarter that met analyst estimates at $9.6 billion. adobe at to talk about all in $2 billion. more detail, we bring in cory johnson. we start with oracle where it is all about the cloud. absolutely, it is a story all about the cloud. as oracle tries to make its move from the dominant seller of enterprise software in the database to a cloud seller, everyone is focused on their cloud business as they should be. the results from

pishevar's attorneys have subpoenaed and uber employee to testify as a witness.he groped someone at a party. amidst this wave of allegations of sexual misconduct in silicon valley, a long-standing tech tradition is being scrutinized. tech firms are known for hiring models to run their trade booths to be greeters and such at trade conferences and shows, but this year those requests are changing and in a dubious way. tech companies all over the valley are quietly paying $50 to $200 per hour for attractive models to chat up attendees, making them sign nondisclosure agreements and even having them pretend to be friends with employees. this is happening in record numbers, according to local modeling agencies, and it's all coming out against a backdrop of a wave of sexual assault and harassment allegations in silicon valley and beyond. does silicon valley just not get it? sarah frier has been covering this story for us. a fantastic piece out by you today. disturbing, to say the least. infuriating, as well. what's happening here? sarah: companies are trying to retain th

shervin pishevar taking a different approach than some of these other men who have been accused.s outright denied some of the allegations. through his attorney he said they are confident the allegations will be shown to be untrue. his lawyer also represents bill o'reilly and the l.a. chargers. we are doing as much is possible to get more statements from the people who are still connected to him. thank you guys so much for joining us. and for a team effort on this story amazing bloomberg tech , team of reporters. ok, coming up, the largest proposed tech deal ever still has not gone through. we look at the latest delay in broadcom's effort to acquire one of its rival chipmakers next. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ ne emily: "the new york times" is revamping its pay wall access. the paper has scaled back the number of free articles you can read. those not subscribe will be able to read five free articles per month. that is down from 10. reading more will require a pay subscription. they are hoping headlines from the trump administration will bank more readers. the publication added 154,000

-- pishevar?it is either four or what it chess feels like to me personally is a bit of grasping. there has been a lot of apparently erratic behavior coming out of him over the past year, including this weird battle over his close friend, travis callan it. -- kalanick. this is an attempt to muddy or distract from these allegations. the people at uber dealing with the shareholder battles are just wanting this guide to go away. it is just yet another issue creating problems for this company that until recently was successful. >> max, thank you. coming up, it is blockbuster season for video games. how nintendo plans to keep up with the demand of its switch console next. this is bloomberg. ♪ is blockbuster time for video games. while there been a new slew of video games released, the real strength may be in the hardware. nintendo has added hardware and software to its lineup. the switch console may be the hardest ring to get a hold of this season. supply could be an issue. i caught up with the nintendo

been covering the last couple of weeks' sexual assault and harassment allegations , a big shervin pishevarly investor in uber, and he has completely denied the allegations, even as more women have come forward. what do you make of the tactic he has taken here, even blaming this on a smear campaign perpetuated by a republican opposition research firm? max: it is either four dimensional chess, some kind of very novel public relations strategy, or what it feels like to me personally is just a bit of grasping. there has been a lot of apparently erratic behavior coming from him over the last year or so, including this weird activist battle over travis kalanick, who is his close friend, and to me, this just deals like kind of an odd public relations strategy that is maybe an attempt to either muddy the issue or distract from these allegations, which are very serious, and i'm sure that who have been dealing with this battle for shareholders and all that stuff just kind of want this guy to go away. it is just yet another issue that is creating problems for this company that until recently was very

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