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Harassment | 'Party boy' tech boss tried to force-feed employee, telling her to 'eat like an animal'

'Party boy' tech boss tried to force-feed employee, telling her to 'eat like an animal'

The founder of tech company CS Disco has been forced to quit his role as CEO after being accused of forcing meat into the face of a female colleague and sexually harassing her.

Kiwi Camara, who founded the company worth over $427million (£348million), allegedly thrusted roasted meat into a young female worker’s face and told her to “eat like an animal”.

This took place on a night out where Camara allegedly encouraged his staff to have shots of tequila before taking some of them to dinner at Austin’s Peacock Mediterranean Grill, where the alleged harassment took place.

Reportedly, Camara created a work environment where his 661 strong workforce were encouraged to go on nights out with the CEO where he would pressure them to drink, telling staff that he would fire them if they “don’t do things (his) way”.

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