Former DraftKings vice president of growth Michael Hermalyn alleges in bombshell court papers filed on Thursday in Massachusetts federal court that employees at DraftKings are “attempting to flee a culture of retribution,” and that the company is trying to make an example out of him to “instill fear in other DK employees looking to jump ship and halt lawful recruiting activity by Fanatics.
The papers add that DraftKings “have now completely abandoned what was once the heart of its salacious narrative — and with good reason: they are fabrications designed to malign and destroy the reputation of a senior employee who had the audacity to seek out a better opportunity.” DraftKings is seeking to keep the exec from working in the sports, betting and gaming industries, worldwide, for an entire year, the court papers say.
Hermalyn’s team also alleges that he didn’t download any info, but simply viewed files in the course of his normal work — and that DraftKings is defining downloading as simply viewing a document to do his job. The papers even say that one of the employees had already applied for a job at Fanatics back in 2022, as one of the “high volume of DK employees have applied for a position with Fanatics since 2021.”
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