The harassment and assault I endured were hard enough on my family, but we still manage the financial and emotional burdens of being sued by my abuser in secret arbitration.Ĭurrent and former employees of the technology company Afiniti, the broadcaster CBS and the luxury giant LVMH shared accounts of sexual abuse, rape and harassment with a congressional committee on Tuesday, experiences they said they had been required to keep quiet because they had signed contracts with “forced arbitration” clauses. My father’s arbitration has been going on for three years, and it has already cost him tens of thousands of dollars in attorneys’ fees. Nine months later, just before my deposition, to punish and scare me, he sued my father, who had quit the day I returned from Brazil, in secret arbitration. He knew that the secrecy of arbitration would protect him. As soon as my lawyers contacted Afiniti, Chishti initiated an arbitration against me. I had bruises around my neck that looked like I had been strangled.
My body was covered with scratches, cuts and contusions. When I left, he said, “We should do this more often.” I hid in my hotel room until my flight the next day.
He said, “Good.” He told me he should have had sex with me when we first met, when I was 13 years old. I went to his room, where he beat me while having sex with me. I did not feel that anyone would protect me, and I was too tired to argue with him anymore. I didn’t want to lose my job, I didn’t want him to get any angrier. I admitted that I was still at his hotel. Chishti replied that he would meet me there. Later that night, I went to the hotel bathroom and texted him that I was sick and going back to my hotel. After my presentation, I attended dinner with Chishti and colleagues. I began to worry that in addition to wanting sex, Chishti wanted to hurt me and punish me for rejecting him. In Brazil, I avoided him as much as I could, but was under increasing pressure from him. Transcript Sexual Misconduct Survivor Testifies Against Forced Arbitration Clause Tatiana Spottiswoode, a former employee of a medical-device technology company, described being sexually assaulted by her employer on a work trip to Brazil.
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