Coca-Cola billionaire entrepreneur, Alkiviades ‘Alki’ David has been ordered to pay $11 million to his former employee in a sexual assault trial.

Alkiviades ‘Alki’ David, whose family business is the Leventis-David group which owns the Coca-Cola Hellenic bottling plants, was sued by Chasity Jones, a 42-year-old former employee who claims she was fired for refusing his sexual advances.

On Friday, a California jury awarded Jones $3.1 million in compensatory damages and a further $8 million in punitive damages for committing sexual battery.

The $11 million total is one of the biggest payouts from a sexual harassment suit, according to Jones’ attorney Lisa Bloom.

David has said the sum is ridiculous and insists he will not pay.

David is also a founder of online TV provider FilmOn.TV and Hologram USA which is known for providing holograms at festivals and he also has a business selling oil extracted from cannabis plants, which he markets as a treatment for a range of conditions – with the endorsement of celebrities including rapper Snoop Dogg and fashion designer Donatella Versace.

The dramatic two-week trial included heating exchanges from both sides, with each legal team trying to tarnish the reputation of the other with Instagram photos, social media posts and lurid allegations.

The proceedings were littered with heated outbursts from David, 50, who called Jones ‘abhorrent’, said she should ‘do something with her life’ and even got down on his knees and offered her attorneys his wallet.

David was accused of groping Jones by running his hands up her legs under the pretense of offering sympathy for the loss of her mother, and ....https://janefblog.com/6008-2billionaire-coca-cola-boss-is-forced-to-pay-11million-for-sexually-harassing-an-ex-employee/

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