When Google found a sexual misconduct allegation against the creator of Android to be credible, he was still allowed to resign with a $90 million exit deal, according to a new report.
Andy Rubin was accused of coercing a Google employee he was having an affair with into performing oral sex on him in 2013, The New York Times reported Thursday, prompting the tech company to launch an investigation. They found the woman's claim to be credible, but instead of firing Rubin, Google asked for his resignation and gave him a $90 million exit package that was paid to him in monthly $2 million installments over the course of the past four years.
A spokesperson for Rubin disputed this report, denying the misconduct allegation and saying he left Google of his own volition. At the time, Google's then-CEO Larry Page wished Rubin the best in a statement, and it was not disclosed that he was leaving due to a misconduct allegation.
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In addition, Rubin allegedly insulted employees as being "stupid" or "incompetent," was once found to have sexually graphic videos on his work computer, and allegedly had affairs with numerous women at the company without reporting the relationships to human resources, the Times reports.
The report also goes into detail about other instances in which Google swept alleged misconduct under the rug, such as when a senior vice president, Amit Singhal, was accused of groping and was not fired despite Google finding the claim credible. Singhal, who denied the allegation, was instead also allowed to resign with an exit package worth millions of dollars.
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