(Breitbart)—A former senior security manager at SpaceX has filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk’s company and one of its high-ranking employees, alleging discrimination, sexual harassment, retaliation, and security violations.
TechCrunch reports that Jenna Shumway, a former senior contractor program security officer at SpaceX, has filed a lawsuit against the company and Daniel Collins, a former Defense Department official hired to oversee security compliance for SpaceX’s government work. The lawsuit, filed in late May in the Los Angeles County Superior Court and later moved to federal court, alleges that Shumway experienced harassment, retaliation, and security violations during her time at the company.
According to the complaint, Shumway was promoted to senior contractor program security officer after being hired in 2022. However, her work environment drastically changed when Collins was hired as her superior in spring 2024. Shumway claims that Collins engaged in a campaign of harassment against her, which included stripping her of responsibilities over several months and ultimately leading to her termination in October 2024.
The lawsuit also alleges that Collins’ harassment extended to other female employees at SpaceX. The discrimination reportedly included preventing female staff from performing required security work, effectively setting them up for noncompliance, staring at one employee’s chest during a meeting, and inappropriately inviting a subordinate female employee to “get s–tty together” over after-work drinks.
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