The Facebook owner, Meta dismissed a terrified marketing chief after he complained about the company to hire his upset stalker, according to a lawsuit.
James Napoli said Meta did not take his numerous complaints seriously, he even thought that the stalker appeared at his home, called his relatives and sent him hundreds of disturbing messages, because he is gay.
“The case of James Napoli illustrates that goal is incompetent or indifferently deliberate when it comes to protecting their employees from stalkers and stalkers,” he said in the demand of the Federal Court of Manhattan.
“The goal failure to take this harassment and harassment was due to stereotypes based on sexual and sexual orientation about homosexual men,” he accused.
The crazy man, identified only as “GF” in judicial documents, called himself a “laboratory rat” and a prophet; He told Napoli that he loved him; He said he had “the power to turn [him] In a cat; “He called it” a dangerous the Robot “and wrote:” Meta will try to hurt you soon, “according to the demand.
Initially, GF was fired in November 2022. It is not clear what it did for the company. The two did not work together, but with coffee after GF was fired. Then the terrifying messages begged, Napoli said.
But the GF was again hired in January 2024, and when Napoli complained about it, Meta Bosses supposedly left aside Napoli’s meetings and tasks and gave him his first negative review of performance since the hiring of 2019, he said in the demand.
Napoli, 35, was fired in February, while he was on a medical license for Crohn’s disease, he said in judicial documents.
“None of us should go to work and have to be harassed, but then, if we are, and the company knows, then make our stalker again? There is nothing that can be more dangerous. They could also have turned on their desk chair,” said lawyer Carrie Goldberg, who repeats Napoli along with lawyer Peter Romer Friedman.
Napoli said he informed Harassment to the New York Police.
GF was abruptly fired a month after its January reactivation.
“Once again, without performance, GF blamed Mr. Napoli for his second termination and dedicated to the hungry, if not thousands, or hours to harass and harass Mr. Napoli, they threatening Mr. Napoli to be” careful “and claim a” whistle pilot “responsible for his dismissal”, according to the demand.
After GF was fired for the second time, Napoli sedated the company to endanger it.
Napoli seeks unspecified damage, as well as its reinstatement.
Goal declined to comment.