"A former SandboxAQ executive filed a wrongful termination suit last month filled with such scandalous allegations against the company's famed CEO, Jack Hidary, that plaintiff himself redacted the most salacious details. On Friday, the company's lawyers filed a blistering response, calling the former employee a "serial liar" and stating his lawsuit "asserts false claims for improper and extortionate purposes." Even the visible portions of the lawsuit - which TechCrunch has obtained - contain eyebrow-raising allegations, should a court find them valid. (A copy of the lawsuit is available here.)"
"The suit was filed by Robert Bender in mid-December. Bender worked as Chief of Staff to Hidary from August 2024 through July 2025, the complaint states. He contends in his suit that he was wrongfully terminated after raising concerns about a number of alleged incidents, some of which, he said, involved "sexual encounters" and others, he claims, that involved misleading financial information presented to investors."
"For its part, SandboxAQ vehemently denies the allegations. The company's lawyer Orin Snyder, a well-known partner at white shoe law firm Gibson Dunn, tells TechCrunch: "This case is a complete fabrication. We look forward to debunking these baseless allegations and exposing the lawsuit - as detailed in our answer - for what it is - an opportunistic and extortionate abuse of the judicial process.""
Robert Bender filed a wrongful termination suit in mid-December claiming termination after raising concerns about alleged incidents and misleading investor information. Bender worked as Chief of Staff to Jack Hidary from August 2024 through July 2025 and redacted the most salacious details of his own complaint. SandboxAQ denies the allegations and its lawyers called the plaintiff a "serial liar" and said the suit "asserts false claims for improper and extortionate purposes." Lead counsel Orin Snyder called the case a "complete fabrication" and said the company will debunk the claims. The visible portions of the suit contain eyebrow-raising allegations. SandboxAQ began as a moonshot unit of Alphabet and is an AI quantum computing startup.
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