A lawsuit filed again in February accuses high Exp Realty Brokers of ” drugging and sexual assault of girls”. Exp Realty and founder Glenn Sanford are additionally below hearth.
Via Exp Realty, described within the lawsuit as a “pyramid-style scheme”, Sanford is accused of
creating an atmosphere that allowed these assaults, then silencing these whose accounts of sexual harassment and assault would impression revenue.
Exp Realty, as reviewed on BehindMLM in 2021, is a “real-estate MLM with numerous charges”.
The three Exp Realty Agent defendants are named within the lawsuit are:
Michael Bjorkman (proper), a California resident who joined Exp Realty in 2018;- David S. Golden, a Nevada resident and upline of Bjorkman who joined Exp Realty in 2017; and
- Brent Gove, a California resident and Exp Realty Agent
Be aware that whereas the unique Grievance was filed in February, this text relies on an Amended Grievance filed on March twenty third.
The lawsuit opens by detailing Michael Bjorkman’s prior arrest for sexual assault of one of many nameless Plaintiffs.
On March 8, 2021, DEFENDANT BJORKMAN was arrested in Miami-Dade County for 2 (2) counts of sexual assault of JANE DOE 3.
Together with that arrest, the Las Vegas Police Division issued a Declaration of Warrant/Summons, Occasion Quantity 200900070704 (“Warrant”), a 27-page report, which lays out its in-depth felony investigation describing a number of events of a number of girls being drugged and assaulted by DEFENDANT BJORKMAN whereas attending eXp REALTY Recruiting Occasions.
As described within the Warrant, there’s a lengthy historical past of a number of girls accusing DEFENDANT BJORKMAN of each drugging and sexually assaulting girls relationship again to 2000.
The case towards Bjorkman was dismissed a number of months later in Could.
One in all Bjorkman’s victims detailed within the warrant, an assault relationship again to 2007, joined Exp Realty in 2018.
Shortly after becoming a member of eXp REALTY, she bumped into DEFENDANT BJORKMAN at eXpCon in New Orleans in October 2018.
Seeing DEFENDANT BJORKMAN related to the identical firm she simply joined as an actual property agent precipitated this agent to undergo excessive emotional misery.
Bjorkman’s sufferer first contacted her upline, Frank Crandall, after which Exp Realty’s “designated California Dealer”, Debbie Penny.
Ms. Penny by no means replied to this agent’s makes an attempt to contact her. Pissed off with the dearth of assist, this agent left eXp Realty.
Bjorkman’s warrant goes on to element claims of Bjorkman contacting his victims, and ““threatening” them to not say something.”
Upon studying of Bjorkman’s alleged conduct, Exp Realty eliminated his firm license
however continued to permit him to go to eXp occasions, continued to socialize with him and continued to pay him substantial quantities of cash every month as a result of he was a high Influencer.
Bjorkman left Exp Realty in September 2020, however allegedly nonetheless has a compensation place in Exp Realty’s “income share program”.
Inside Exp Realty, Plaintiff victims of Bjorkman’s have been positioned inside his downline.
Exp Realty explicitly denied requests from Plaintiff victims to “transfer (down)traces, forcing them to financially assist their rapist.”
David S. Golden is alleged to nonetheless be an lively Exp Realty Agent.
DEFENDANT GOLDEN is one in every of DEFENDANT eXp REALTY’s high recruiters/Influencers and generates nearly all of his revenue not from promoting actual property however by recruiting actual property brokers to affix DEFENDANT eXp REALTY.
Particulars of the cited case aren’t supplied however allegedly,
A number of girls knowledgeable the Las Vegas Police Investigator that they personally noticed DEFENDANT GOLDEN with GHB4 and different illicit substances on a number of events, they usually imagine these substances provided by DEFENDANT GOLDEN have been used to drug them in order that they could possibly be sexually assaulted at DEFENDANT eXp REALTY Recruitment Occasions.
Many of those girls additionally knowledgeable the Las Vegas investigator that DEFENDANT GOLDEN was a participant within the sexual assaults that occurred at DEFENDANT eXp REALTY Recruitment Occasions.
All however one of many Plaintiffs have opted to proceed anonymously. This Plaintiff is Fabiola Acevedo.
Within the Grievance an alleged encounter between Acevedo and Bjorkman is cited;
In early 2018, throughout an actual property networking occasion, DEFENDANT GOLDEN first started making an attempt to recruit Ms. Acevedo to affix DEFENDANT eXp REALTY.
Ms. Acevedo had recognized DEFENDANT GOLDEN as a frontrunner in the actual property enterprise for a while and trusted him and his steering.
After many conversations with DEFENDANT GOLDEN, Ms. Acevedo determined she needed to affix DEFENDANT eXp REALTY and have DEFENDANT GOLDEN as her Sponsor Agent.
DEFENDANT GOLDEN then defined to Ms. Acevedo that DEFENDANT BJORKMAN had already bought tickets to an actual property networking occasion hosted by the Closing Desk on the Pelican Hill Lodge in Pelican Hill, California on July 20-22, 2018 and that it might be good for her profession to go to this occasion as DEFENDANT BJORKMAN’S visitor.
Arriving a day earlier than the beginning of the convention, DEFENDANT GOLDEN’s (and DEFENDANT eXp REALTY’s) Sponsor Agent, Rosie Rodriguez invited Ms. Acevedo to tour her eXp REALTY workplace and keep the night time at her visitor home.
The subsequent day, on July 20, 2018, Ms. Rodriguez dropped off Ms. Acevedo on the Pelican Hill Lodge for the networking convention.
Upon checking in, the lodge knowledgeable Ms. Acevedo that she didn’t have a room reserved in her title and that the lodge was bought out and there have been no extra rooms obtainable.
Upset, Ms. Acevedo known as DEFENDANT GOLDEN in regards to the lack of lodging. DEFENDANT GOLDEN instructed her to remain in DEFENDANT BJORKMAN’s lodge room, that she may belief him, that they have been “household”.
Primarily based on a long-term platonic friendship with DEFENDANT GOLDEN, Ms. Acevedo trusted him and agreed to remain in DEFENDANT BJORKMAN’s room which had separate beds.
That night, Ms. Acevedo had a single cocktail with DEFENDANT BJORKMAN and others on the lodge bar. Thereafter, she remembers nothing till the following morning whereupon she awoke bare in DEFENDANT BJORKMAN’S lodge room.
One other girl and DEFENDANT BJORKMAN have been within the different mattress bare. One other man was on the ground clothed.
Disoriented and in shock, Ms. Acevedo ran to the toilet to bathe solely to have DEFENDANT BJORKMAN come into the toilet bare, exposing himself to her and trying to have interaction her in inappropriate sexual contact.
The day the convention began, July 20, 2018, DEFENDANT eXp REALTY despatched Ms. Acevedo a brand new supply to affix DEFENDANT eXp REALTY.
Unsure and confused in regards to the occasions on the convention, Ms. Acevedo signed the settlement on July 23, 2018, naming DEFENDANT BJORKMAN as her Sponsor Agent.
Because of DEFENDANT BJORKMAN and DEFENDANT GOLDEN’s Enterprise, Ms. Acevedo was deeply traumatized and unable to work as an actual property agent. Nevertheless, she continued to pay all charges required by DEFENDANTS.
In 2022 Acevedo attended an Exp Realty convention, the place she obtained the prospect to speak to founder Glenn Sanford (proper).
(Acevedo) spoke to DEFENDANT SANFORD, present CEO of DEFENDANT eXp REALTY in regards to the 2018 incident and what she skilled thereafter.
Regardless of already realizing about DEFENDANT BJORKMAN’s and DEFENDANT GOLDEN’s sample and follow of predatory sexual conduct towards DEFENDANT eXp REALTY brokers primarily based on his place because the CEO of DEFENDANT eXp REALTY, DEFENDANT SANFORD did nothing to help Ms. Acevedo and acted as if he was listening to about their habits for the very first time, thus gaslighting Ms. Acevedo.
Later that very same 12 months, Acevedo
spoke with Jason Gesing, who at the moment was the CEO of DEFENDANT eXp REALTY, in regards to the 2018 incident and what she skilled thereafter.
Regardless of already realizing about DEFENDANT BJORKMAN’s and DEFENDANT GOLDEN’s sample and follow of predatory sexual conduct towards DEFENDANT eXp REALTY brokers from his place because the CEO of DEFENDANT eXp REALTY, Mr. Gesing did nothing to help Ms. Acevedo.
Along with not receiving any substantive assist from both DEFENDANT SANFORD or Gesing, Ms. Acevedo reached out to a number of individuals at DEFENDANT eXp REALTY asking for help.
No substantive assist was supplied to Ms. Acevedo.
Plaintiff Jane Doe 1 was recruited into Exp Realty by Bjorkman.
Initially, she refused to affix as a result of she knew if she named DEFENDANT BJORKMAN as her Sponsor Agent, DEFENDANT GOLDEN can be in her “upline.”
JANE DOE 1 was weary to have DEFENDANT GOLDEN in her upline as a result of DEFENDANT BJORKMAN would continuously inform her that DEFENDANT GOLDEN was a “dirtbag” and a “rapist.”
DEFENDANT BJORKMAN additionally instructed JANE DOE 1 that regardless of DEFENDANT GOLDEN’s ethical failings, he felt that he owed DEFENDANT GOLDEN.
After incessant recruiting efforts, JANE DOE 1 agreed to affix DEFENDANT eXp REALTY and title DEFENDANT BJORKMAN as her Sponsor Agent.
On April 11, 2019, JANE DOE 1 attended an actual property networking occasion hosted by The Closing Desk at a lodge in Beverly Hills, CA for the aim of studying in the course of the day and recruiting actual property brokers to affix DEFENDANT eXp REALTY at night time.
JANE DOE 1 and DEFENDANT BJORKMAN went to the dinner with different convention attendees.
DEFENDANT JANE DOE 1 had a single glass of wine at dinner. After dinner, JANE DOE 1 went to the lodge bar and had one drink.
Later that night, one of many occasion hosts invited everybody to his room for a get-together.
JANE DOE 1 didn’t wish to go to the occasion however felt pressured to community and recruit different brokers to affix DEFENDANT eXp REALTY since that was the aim of the journey.
After they arrived on the host’s room, DEFENDANT BJORKMAN handed her a drink.
Shortly thereafter, JANE DOE 1 blacked out till the following morning when she wakened bare and alone in her lodge room.
The room was in disarray, and she or he may inform room service had been there, however she had spotty reminiscence of it and was making an attempt to decipher what had occurred.
She instantly went to the toilet. She felt sick, noticed blood from her vagina and skilled ache.
Quickly after, the cellphone rang, and it was DEFENDANT BJORKMAN calling her.
By this time, she was beginning to get flashes of recollections from the night time earlier than. JANE DOE 1 instantly requested DEFENDANT BJORKMAN, “What occurred? What did you do?”
She accused him of getting intercourse along with her.
Slightly than admit that they’d sexual activity, DEFENDANT BJORKMAN gaslit her and repeatedly instructed her that she was loopy and that nothing occurred.
Later that day, JANE DOE 1 instructed DEFENDANT BJORKMAN that she thinks she was “roofied” the night time earlier than.
DEFENDANT BJORKMAN replied that he will need to have been “roofied” as nicely and continued to gaslight her, telling her that she was loopy and that nothing occurred.
Just a few days after she was raped, DEFENDANT BJORKMAN despatched her a video from the night time of the rape in an effort to “show” she was drunk.
The video reveals that JANE DOE 1 was hallucinating and appearing fully out of character.
Regardless of having solely three (3) drinks throughout your entire night, JANE DOE 1 has no recollections of the occasions depicted within the video.
On April 27, 2019, JANE DOE 1 and DEFENDANT BJORKMAN traveled from California to San Antonio, Texas for one more actual property networking occasion (hosted by a networking group known as “Membership Wealth”) to recruit brokers to affix DEFENDANT eXp REALTY.
Whereas in San Antonio, JANE DOE 1 was nonetheless questioning her sanity and would repeatedly ask DEFENDANT BJORKMAN if he had assaulted her/penetrated her whereas she was incapacitated on the final occasion they attended.
After repeated questioning, DEFENDANT BJORKMAN lastly admitted that they did have intercourse on the final occasion. He instructed her he lied as a result of he didn’t wish to “embarrass” her.
DEFENDANT BJORKMAN went on to clarify that JANE DOE 1 was “fucked up” and uncontrolled, was hitting on him and was throughout him.
DEFENDANT BJORKMAN didn’t confess that he had drugged her which is why she was behaving so out of character.
At that second, JANE DOE 1 determined she would begin the troublesome means of leaving the enterprise they’d constructed collectively, however due to their enterprise and monetary entwinement, she knew it might take a while earlier than she may fully distance herself from him.
JANE DOE 1 thought-about at that time reporting him to the authorities however thought nobody would imagine her. She did open up to some associates about what had occurred.
As quickly as she was in a position to take action, JANE DOE 1 severed all ties with DEFENDANT BJORKMAN.
Because of being drugged/rendered incapacitated and being assaulted, JANE DOE 1 has suffered excessive emotional misery, has PTSD and has misplaced enterprise alternatives which considerably impacted her revenue.
Plaintiff Jane Doe 1 ultimately reported Bjorkman’s alleged conduct to Corey Haggard, a member of Exp Realty’s “govt management”, in October 2020.
Jane Doe 1 repeatedly requested to be moved from DEFENDANT GOLDEN and DEFENDANT BJORKMAN’s line.
After months of those repeated requests, they agreed to maneuver her however refused to pay her the a part of the Income Share they have been sending to DEFENDANT BJORKMAN.
Plaintiff Jane Doe 2
was invited to attend an eXp REALTY Recruiting Occasion on the Wynn and Encore Lodge and On line casino in Las Vegas, NV, from August 27, 2020 to August 30, 2020.
The occasion was hosted by DEFENDANT GOLDEN and DEFENDANT BJORKMAN as an eXp recruiting occasion.
On Friday, August 28, 2020, JANE DOE 2 and different attendees took an occasion supplied bus from their lodge to an eXp REALTY Recruitment Occasion held on the visitor speaker, Jon Cheplak’s home, in Henderson, NV.
Attending the occasion have been many DEFENDANT eXp REALTY actual property brokers, together with DEFENDANT GOVE.
Mentioned at this eXp REALTY Recruitment Occasion was Agent Attraction and DEFENDANT eXp REALTY’s Income Share pyramid.
After the occasion, the bus returned them to their lodge (Wynn). JANE DOE 2 and a few associates deliberate on going to dinner that night however first, they needed to cease by a get-together held by two of the occasion’s hosts, DEFENDANT BJORKMAN and DEFENDANT GOLDEN.
That night, DEFENDANT BJORKMAN and DEFENDANT GOLDEN held the get-together inside their suite, on the Encore Lodge and On line casino.
DEFENDANT BJORKMAN and DEFENDANT GOLDEN invited occasion attendees to their suite for drinks, snacks, and to hang around that night.
After arriving, JANE DOE 2 poured herself one cup of vodka and soda water, which she sipped in the course of the occasion.
JANE DOE 2 regularly added soda water to the drink and by no means added extra vodka.
This was the one alcoholic beverage she drank over the course of your entire night, and she or he didn’t end your entire drink.
After the get together, JANE DOE 2 and a few of her associates left for Caesar’s Palace the place they’d dinner.
JANE DOE 2 remembers leaving the eXp REALTY Recruiting Occasion however has very restricted reminiscence for the rest of the night.
Whereas at dinner, JANE DOE 2 remembers having to excuse herself from the desk to go to the toilet and vomit.
She additionally remembers sitting on the dinner desk however has no reminiscence of leaving the dinner.
JANE DOE 2 subsequent remembers waking up the following morning with a headache, feeling very groggy and was nude in her personal mattress in her lodge room.
JANE DOE 2 has since shared her expertise with co-workers who have been along with her that night.
Primarily based on her conversations with them she realized that she went to the toilet a number of instances whereas at dinner, and she or he was gone for thus lengthy that her associates needed to go to the restroom to seek out her.
JANE DOE 2 has no reminiscence of this taking place.
Along with discussing the night along with her associates, JANE DOE 2 posted about this expertise on her Fb web page however didn’t publicly present DEFENDANT BJORKMAN or DEFENDANT GOLDEN’s title within the submit.
Because of this, she found that different girls related to DEFENDANT eXp REALTY had been rendered incapacitated, drugged, and sexually assaulted after attending the identical and different eXp REALTY Recruiting Occasions.
After talking with a number of individuals, JANE DOE 2 realized that she was drugged/rendered incapacitated by DEFENDANT BJORKMAN and DEFENDANT GOLDEN.
As well as, on the night earlier than JANE DOE 2 was drugged, DEFENDANT BJORKMAN and DEFENDANT GOLDEN rented a cabana on the Wynn lodge pool.
As the remainder of the get together was leaving, DEFENDANT BJORKMAN invited JANE DOE 2 to remain behind and have a cigarette with him, which she did. He then stated that everybody was going again as much as the suite, so she adopted him.
When JANE DOE 2 obtained there, it was solely DEFENDANT GOLDEN and his girlfriend current.
They pressured JANE DOE 2 to remain and have one other drink, however JANE DOE 2 declined the invitation and returned to her lodge room.
Because of being drugged/rendered incapacitated and having no reminiscence of the occasions that occurred later, JANE DOE 2 has suffered excessive emotional misery; has misplaced enterprise alternatives, together with however not restricted to, a profitable place she had teaching different actual property brokers, talking and advertising and marketing alternatives.
JANE DOE 2 continues to reside in concern of working into DEFENDANT BJORKMAN and DEFENDANT GOLDEN at actual property occasions, a lot in order that for a major time frame, she was unable to attend any networking occasions which considerably impacted her revenue.
Plaintiff Jane Doe 3 was recruited into Exp Realty below Bjorkman.
In August of 2020, JANE DOE 3 was invited to attend an occasion in Las Vegas by her Sponsor Agent DEFENDANT BJORKMAN, and his Sponsor Agent DEFENDANT GOLDEN.
It was marketed to her as an eXp REALTY Recruiting Occasion that will be good for her actual property profession to attend.
On Thursday, August 27, 2020, JANE DOE 3 traveled from Florida to Las Vegas, NV to attend the eXp REALTY Recruiting Occasion which was held at a number of places together with the Encore Lodge and On line casino the place JANE DOE 3 had a lodge room.
On Saturday, August 29, 2020, JANE DOE 3 went to DEFENDANT BJORKMAN and DEFENDANT GOLDEN’S lodge suite for one more DEFENDANT eXp REALTY group get-together.
JANE DOE 3 remembered DEFENDANT GOLDEN changing into upset in the course of the night, so she and DEFENDANT BJORKMAN went for a stroll on the Las Vegas Strip and gambled on the on line casino.
After playing for some time, JANE DOE 3 and DEFENDANT BJORKMAN returned to DEFENDANT BJORKMAN and DEFENDANT GOLDEN’S lodge suite.
JANE DOE 3’s reminiscence is spotty and restricted from this level ahead. JANE DOE 3 does recall being sexually assaulted by DEFENDANT BJORKMAN that night.
JANE DOE 3 additionally remembers witnessing each DEFENDANT BJORKMAN and DEFENDANT GOLDEN eat GHB from a plastic “5 Hour Vitality” bottle.
They each instructed her that they take GHB recreationally.
Just a few weeks after the sexual assault, JANE DOE 3 mentioned the incident with DEFENDANT GOLDEN.
DEFENDANT GOLDEN inspired her to lie about it when interviewed by the police.
After the incident, JANE DOE 3 obtained many threatening messages from individuals related to DEFENDANT BJORKMAN and DEFENDANT GOLDEN.
Upon data and perception, on or round January of 2021, DEFENDANT GOVE was reaching out to a number of eXp brokers requesting that they submit false statements to the Las Vegas investigator to assist DEFENDANTS GOLDEN and DEFENDANT BJORKMAN.
On March 3, 2021, JANE DOE 3 instantly mentioned with DEFENDANT GOVE the assault that occurred in Las Vegas in 2020.
DEFENDANT GOVE had been current on the 2020 occasion and had seen that JANE DOE 3 had been out of her thoughts which was fully out of character.
On March 3, 2021, she expressed the ache she felt at realizing that leaders at eXp, together with DEFENDANT GOVE knew about DEFENDANT GOLDEN and DEFENDANT BJORKMAN’S unlawful actions for years previous to her assault and did nothing.
Throughout this dialog with JANE DOE 3, DEFENDANT GOVE acted as if he had no concept what she was speaking about and saved saying he “hoped it wasn’t true” despite the fact that she saved telling him it was true and despite the fact that he already knew it was true presently.
Because of this incident, JANE DOE 3 has suffered and continues to undergo from PTSD and excessive emotional misery all of which have negatively impacted and proceed to negatively impression each side of her life.
Jane Doe 3 is married to Plaintiff John Doe 1.
Always related to this Grievance, JOHN DOE 1 was married to JANE DOE 3, they usually proceed to be married.
Because of the wrongful and negligent acts of the DEFENDANTS, JOHN DOE 1 was precipitated to undergo, and can proceed to undergo sooner or later, lack of consortium, lack of society, affection, help, and conjugal fellowship, all to the detriment of their conjugal relationship.
Bjorkman and Golden telling their victims they’d recorded the alleged sexual assaults is a recurring sample.
As a part of its investigation, the police obtained a search warrant for DEFENDANT GOLDEN’s mobile phone.
The police performed a digital extraction of the cellphone, the outcomes of which stay in police custody.
Upon data and perception, among the images and movies recovered from the DEFENDANT GOLDEN’s cellphone include proof that helps the allegations set forth on this Grievance.
Plaintiff victims have subpoenaed the Las Vegas Police Division, looking for “the contents of Defendant Golden’s mobile phone.”
Golden filed a movement to quash the subpoena on July thirteenth. Golden claims, amongst different issues, his seized cellphone
comprises non-public, private, medical, banking, and monetary data (together with passwords) regarding Defendant Golden and non-parties together with Defendant’s minor daughter and his girlfriend, in addition to private non-public movies of Defendant Golden and his girlfriend.
The mobile phone has movies of Mr. Golden partaking in consensual sexual relations along with his girlfriend (Emily Keenan) which is non-public and private.
As of December 18th, Golden’s movement to quash stays pending.
Each Bjorkman and Golden are accused of constructing their Exp Realty MLM enterprise by
creat(ing) a picture of “success” which consisted of being surrounded by stunning girls whom they might sexually exploit.
Exp Realty is accused of condoning this habits (and by proxy the alleged sexual assaults), as a result of it
was conscious of those recruitment occasions, together with of what went on at these occasions, held by DEFENDANT BJORKMAN and DEFENDANT GOLDEN and financially benefited from them.
Exp Realty was allegedly conscious of Golden’s “felony actions”, however
took no motion to take away DEFENDANT GOLDEN from DEFENDANT eXp REALTY and continued to advertise him as one in every of their revered brokers as seen on its web site.
DEFENDANT eXp REALTY determined to take no motion towards DEFENDANT GOLDEN as a result of DEFENDANT GOLDEN supplied an extended line of brokers beneath him with out which his upline, consisting of DEFENDANT GOVE and DEFENDANT SANFORD and others within the upline would lose substantial revenue.
When stories of DEFENDANT BJORKMAN and DEFENDANT GOLDEN’s felony conduct grew to become public data a small minority of DEFENDANT eXp REALTY’s company management expressed a robust want to terminate DEFENDANT BJORKMAN and DEFENDANT GOLDEN’s affiliation with DEFENDANT eXp REALTY.
Brent Gove (proper) is cited as a high Exp Realty Agent with “shut to twenty,000 brokers in his downline” (cited as over a fifth of Exp Realty brokers company-wide).
DEFENDANT GOVE was conscious of DEFENDANT BJORKMAN and DEFENDANT GOLDEN’s recruitment occasions and would typically inform different brokers that he was residing vicariously via DEFENDANT GOLDEN.
DEFENDANT GOVE held his personal recruiting occasions the place upon data and perception girls have been assaulted by DEFENDANT BJORKMAN and/or DEFENDANT GOLDEN who have been invited to those occasions by DEFENDANT GOVE.
Past gaslighting Bjorkman’s and Golden’s victims, Gove is alleged to have participated in an executive-level cover-up.
Upon data and perception, DEFENDANT GOVE threatened to tug his complete group, one-fifth of your entire firm, from DEFENDANT eXp REALTY if DEFENDANT eXp REALTY eliminated DEFENDANT BJORKMAN AND DEFENDANT GOLDEN from DEFENDANT eXp REALTY.
Upon data and perception, DEFENDANT SANFORD, DEFENDANT GOVE and others got here to an settlement whereby they’d permit DEFENDANT GOLDEN to stay at DEFENDANT eXp REALTY and proceed to advertise him and to take away DEFENDANT BJORKMAN from their license however proceed to pay him his Income Share opposite to their very own insurance policies.
Slightly than conducting a reputable investigation into the Plaintiffs’ complaints concerning DEFENDANT BJORKMAN and DEFENDANT GOLDEN, DEFENDANT eXp REALTY, DEFENDANT GOVE AND DEFENDANT SANFORD did a price profit evaluation and determined it made financial sense to proceed to pay DEFENDANT GOLDEN AND DEFENDANT BJORKMAN.
They put financial achieve over the wellbeing of the PLAINTIFFS.
By selecting to permit DEFENDANT GOLDEN AND DEFENDANT BJORKMAN’s habits to go unchecked for years just so they might proceed to reap the monetary advantages supplied by DEFENDANT BJORKMAN and DEFENDANT GOLDEN, DEFENDANT eXp REALTY, DEFENDANT GOVE and DEFENDANT SANFORD have been complicit in permitting assaults to happen.
When Exp Realty founder Glenn Sanford was requested point-blank
what would he do when this got here out publicly, DEFENDANT SANFORD’s response was to say, “so what, it is just going to be within the information cycle for 3-5 days, and nothing will occur”.
With stories of sexual assault amongst high Exp Realty Brokers publicly circulating all through the corporate since not less than 2020, the Grievance goes on to assert
DEFENDANT SANFORD, DEFENDANT GOVE, DEFENDANT BJORKMAN and DEFENDANT GOLDEN gaslit the Plaintiffs in live performance, shaming and blaming the Plaintiffs, holding these horrific moments over their heads.
Plaintiffs’ Grievance alleges two counts of
- human trafficking by pressure, fraud, or coercion;
- one depend of “collaborating in a enterprise in violation of 18 U.S.C. §1595” (civil treatment);
- one depend of sexual battery;
- one depend of civil battery;
- three counts of intentional infliction of emotional misery;
- one depend of negligence;
- one depend of negligent hiring, retention, and supervision; and
- one depend of lack of consortium
As of December 2023, the result of the case stays pending. Any substantial updates can be linked to beneath.
Replace nineteenth December 2023 – A second lawsuit alleging related conduct by Exp Realty, Glenn Sanford, Michael Bjorkman and David Golden, was filed in California on December 14th.