The billionaire heir to a Coca-Cola bottling fortune, Alki David, has been seen for the first time since a Los Angeles jury ordered him to pay $900 million to a former employee in a landmark sexual assault case.
The scruffy media mogul, 56, was seen visiting an Apple Store in a gray tracksuit while walking his dog in west London.
Ten days ago, a Los Angeles jury ordered Alki, also known as Alkiviades, to pay a huge sum after he was accused of raping an employee listed as Jane Doe in court documents.
The sum is almost a quarter of his total net worth and is believed to be the largest sexual injury settlement in history.
David was accused of inflicting “serious sexual harassment and assault, including rape” on a former employee, referred to by the court as Jane Doe, from February 2016 to April 2019.
Billionaire Alki David, 56, was seen out and about in west London for the first time since being ordered to pay $900m to an unnamed former employee in a sexual assault case.
The billionaire was seen visiting an Apple Store and walking his dog after being accused of raping an employee listed as Jane Doe in court documents.
David (pictured with ex-wife Jennifer Stano in 2011) is the heir to an international Coca-Cola bottling empire and founder of Hologram USA.
She had worked for several of David’s companies, including Filmon TV in Beverly Hills, Hologram USA, which created 3D animated avatars of dead artists including Tupac and Michael Jackson, Swiss-X Labs and others, where she was subjected to assault and harassment. sexual.
Shortly after joining, a colleague had warned Doe about the “alarmingly hostile” work environment by reporting that David had forcibly kissed her, the lawsuit claims.
Weeks later, the unnamed victim rejected his attempt to kiss her during a work trip to her private island in Greece, and was fired soon after.
But in 2018 she got back in touch to offer her a job as a brand ambassador for her cannabis manufacturing company, Swiss-X.
The lawsuit claimed that after agreeing, he took her back to a hotel room where he convinced her to try the product before forcing her to touch his penis.
The following April, she was summoned to a business meeting in a small room where he raped her in front of one of his Doberman pinschers.
Throughout the proceedings, the court heard several shocking allegations about the businessman, including the use of a pornographic image with the title ‘HER-ASS’ on the door of his company’s human resources department.
Her behavior was allegedly so prolific that her office became chillingly known as the “rape room” among staff.
His company owns the Hologram USA Theater on Hollywood Boulevard, where his 3D avatars of dead performers, including Michael Jackson and Tupac, are animated for an admission-paying audience.
Former production assistant Mahim Khan (pictured right with attorney Gloria Allred) warned him against “raping” another woman when he received $58 million in 2019.
Employee Lauren Reeves awarded $5 million for assault in case against David that brought to light the first mention of his corporate ‘rape room’
David was accused of inflicting “serious sexual harassment and assault, including rape” on the former model, referred to by the court as Jane Doe, from February 2016 to April 2019.
Prosecutor Gary Dordick said: “This monumental verdict marks a significant victory for justice and sets a precedent in the fight against sexual assault in the workplace.”
Before the $900 million order, the British-Cypriot businessman had already lost a staggering $80 million in a series of sexual assault convictions dating back to 2014.
Two cases against the billionaire in 2016 were settled out of court, but he was ordered to pay $5 million to former employee Lauren Reeves, who she claimed put his hands on her throat and pushed her chair against the wall.
That case also included references to the “rape room” and her claim that he told her he needed to “buy supplies” for her.
In April 2019, a woman who was fired after refusing to sleep with David was ordered to pay $8 million in damages to a woman in a case that chillingly echoed Doe’s.
Later that year, the billionaire was ordered to pay the largest sum to a victim to date when his former production assistant Mahim Khan was awarded $58 million in his sexual assault case.
Attorney Gary Dordick said Monday’s “monumental verdict marks a significant victory for justice and sets a precedent in the fight against workplace sexual assault.”
David went on a bizarre rant on Instagram last week, claiming he wasn’t ordered to pay $900 million to his sexual assault accuser. Dordick, the attorney representing Jane Doe, told DailyMail.com that David’s claims on social media are false and that there is “100% no doubt” that he was ordered to pay for his actions.
Khan claimed that David had thrust his pelvis into her face and simulated oral sex, rubbed her vagina, frequently grabbed her pelvic area, peppered her with unwanted kisses, performed a lap dance in front of a customer and put his hands under her. of her dress. to caress her breasts.
She testified that sometimes David would also pull down his pants, grab her by the neck, and pull her toward his crotch.
“I hope the punitive damages verdict sends a message to Alki David to never, ever think about raping another woman’s body,” she said in a statement after the trial.
David denied all claims against him in 2019, saying: “I never touched any of these women.”
It comes after Alki recently went on a bizarre rant on social media, claiming there is no $900 million order against him and that “all evidence shows the alleged rape never occurred.”
“These newspapers were wrong because they belong to a network of criminal idiots who employ the lawyers who wrote this false order in the first place,” David said in one of the many videos.
Gary Dordick, the attorney representing Jane Doe, told DailyMail.com that David’s claims on social media are false and that there is “no doubt” that he was ordered to pay for his actions.
A source also confirmed to DailyMail.com that a verdict was reached in favor of the plaintiff on Monday.
