Pregnant Araceli Roiz to sue Phaneesh Murthy

According to iGate’s investor relations head Araceli Roiz’s law firm Roiz is set to sue its former disgraced CEO Phaneesh Murthy for sexually harassing her.

The law firm, Aiman-Smith & Marcy, claimed in a press release that Roiz was pregnant with Murthy’s child and Murthy pressurized her to abort the child.

“When she refused, he told her to leave the company, quietly, to protect his position as CEO,” the law firm said.

The firm also claimed that Murthy was able to engage Roiz in the relationship only because he was Roiz’s employer.

“The CEO of any company, as Mr Murthy was here, has tremendous economic and personal power over his subordinates. Thus, Ms Roiz was dependent on her continued employment for her basic living expenses and, further, Mr Murthy conditioned her further employment and career advancement opportunities on her entering into a relationship with him which, eventually and reluctantly, she did. When she tried to extricate herself from the relationship, he reduced her responsibilities, threatened her continued employment, and pressured her to continue the relationship,” the press release said.

The firm rubbishes Murthy’s recent claim at his press conference.

“In which he attempted to make himself look better by lying and slandering Roiz, she would not have endured the embarrassment and humiliation of making these facts public; however, she has been forced to do so to counter Murthy’s very public, false statements,” the firm said.

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