A Goldman Sachs intern was allegedly subjected to a ‘hazing ritual’ so brutal that he was left with lasting brain damage, it has been reported.
According to the Daily Mail, Patrick Blumenthal claims he was put in a chokehold in a bar by his boss, Julius Erukhimov, and held until he passed out and urinated on himself.
It was also claimed that HR executives didn’t take any disciplinary action against the boss after the incident was reported to them, and instead “swept this brutal attack under the rug.”
The alleged incident took place while Blumenthal interned for Goldman Sachs in San Francisco in February 2018, when he was 21-years-old.
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