SpaceX manager forced female staffer to have unprotected sex with him twice a week then tried to bribe her with $100,000 for an abortion when she became pregnant with his child, lawsuit claims

A former SpaceX employee claimed her manager forced her to have an affair and offered her money for an abortion when she got pregnant with his child. Female SpaceX employee claims she was forced to have an affair with her manager who tried to bribe her with $100,000 to have an abortion when she got pregnant with his child Michelle Dopak started working at SpaceX in 2017 and reportedly went above and beyond for a promotion, but claimed Brooks passed her over in favor of hiring male employees, claiming she received sexist treatment and was paid less than her male co-workers. The lawsuit claimed Brooks insisted on driving alone with Dopak, and when she stopped to charge her car, he ‘grabbed by the waist, pulled her against his body, and kissed her without her permission.’ Brooks then allegedly insisted he drive back to the office with Dopak but forced her to divert through Santa Barbara, and while on the drive, told her he was married but was ‘sexually frustrated and dissatisfied in his marriage.’ Two weeks after that conversation, Brooks reportedly called Dopak and told her he was coming to her house to have sex, and allegedly ‘forced to have unprotected sex with him, despite objections.’ The lawsuit claimed that Brooks sent her sexually explicit text messages while making it clear that he was protected from any harassment claims at SpaceX because the company’s Vice President Andy Lambert recruited him. It added that Brooks allegedly ‘manipulated’ and ‘forced’ Dopak to have unprotected sex one to two times every week and would send her sexual text messages including ‘I’d like to bend you over the desk and c** deep inside of you…,’ ‘Thinking of you always makes me horny,’ and ‘I could just f*** you over my desk.’ Less than two months after the alleged affair with Brooks started, Dopak said she was offered her promotion which retroactively went into effect on June 23, shortly after the alleged harassment started. Wang reportedly told her that the reason she received a lower performance score was because she needed ‘to “inimiz the impact of personal matters into her professional work.’ ‘Oftentimes, she was very distracted by personal matters that it affected her performance and ability to work; she should more clearly communicate when the matters are overly distressing and opt to take the time off instead.’ Dopak is accusing SpaceX, Brooks, Wang, and other managers of violating California’s FEHA law for separate counts of harassment, discrimination, retaliation, failure to prevent discrimination, harassment and retaliation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligent infliction of emotional distress, and retaliation in violation of California’s labor code.