Exotic Dancer, Venture Capitalist Locked in $40 Million Battle That Began at Dallas Strip Club
A venture capitalist who worked for Sequoia Capital for almost 20 years and an exotic dancer who has filed claims of being used as a “sex slave” are involved in a breach of contract suit that arose from an alleged agreement for the businessman to pay her $40 million to halt a personal injury suit.
Michael Goguen and exotic dancer Amber Baptiste met at a Dallas strip club, reports The Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
“Baptiste says Goguen sexually abused her for more than a decade and then reneged on an agreement to pay her $40 million to halt a personal injury lawsuit, according to her March 8 breach-of-contract lawsuit. Six days later, Goguen countersued saying the relationship was consensual and alleging that Baptiste tried to extort him because he declined to make a greater commitment to her,” the report says.
Sequoia Capital, where Goguen worked for almost 20 years, said Goguen’s departure from the firm “was the appropriate course of action.”
