Richard Hall and Lukas Jurazek filed a lawsuit in California, USA, against a subsidiary of Rainberry Inc. and its CEO Justin Sun, and against chief engineer Kong Lee.

The plaintiffs are former employees of BitTorrent and claim that they have been assaulted, harassed, unlawfully fired, and violated their employment rights.

Allegations made against Justin Sun:

has been introduced the charge to court in October 2019 under number “CCTC-19-580304” but it was only announced last week.

The document contains about 70 pages, which detail the indictment.

Prosecutors are seeking $15 million in damages. Based on the allegations made, the plaintiffs have provided witness statements and evidence supporting the allegations.

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The document also describes the alleged physical abuse of an employee by Tron CEO Justin Sun.

According to the document, it was stated that Sun physically assaulted his chief engineer, Kong Li, on more than one occasion without reprimanding for the action.

Sun and Lee were also accused of mistreating other employees.

The lawsuit also addresses the plaintiffs’ warnings of illegal activities.

According to the document, one of the plaintiffs expressed concern about non-proprietary content and child pornography hosted on a torrent site.

However, Lee rejected the claim, stating that:

(…) He discussed these concerns with Justin Sun and that no legal review would take place.

The allegations against the defendants are also based on the alleged fact that the plaintiffs are not the “right kind” of BitTorrent employees.

According to the document, which also states:

(…) employees from China, (did not hesitate) when they saw a real potentially illegal act (…) and worked from 9 am to 9 pm daily, six days a week without expressing any concern about illegal or immoral business activities.

The lawsuit directly accuses Justin Sun of replacing his Caucasian employees with others who fit the established model.

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In addition, Sun is held responsible for his alleged involvement in illegal activities and market manipulation for profit.

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Tron Foundation’s response to the lawsuit:

Tron subsidiary filed a response with the court.

The document was submitted on December 12, 2019 to deny all allegations:

The Defendant generally and in particular denies any and all material claims in the Complaint, and specifically denies that the Plaintiffs have suffered any damage or loss of any kind or any amount whatsoever due to any alleged act or omission of the Defendant.

It remains to be seen what the outcome of this case will be.

The charges against the Tron Foundation and its CEO are severe.

Sun has a good reputation for intensive marketing and the amounts of growth figures you can see against its competitors.

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