ILLUSTRATION. Photos: Shutterstock, HP.
All Things D’s Arik Hesseldahl posts the lawyer letter that got Mark Hurd fired by HP:
Hurd asked her to stay the night. Fisher’s reply: “Absolutely not. I barely know you and you are my boss.” An hour later, after more alleged pressure from Hurd, Fisher said she wanted to leave and did, the letter said.
Asked to dinner with Hurd again the next night, Hurd admitted, the letter said, that he “didn’t handle that right,” but then proceeded to tell her how many women liked him, including the singer Sheryl Crow. Fisher was the lucky one, the letter said Hurd told her.
His new employer, Oracle, points out that the alleged victim recanted her claims the day after receiving a settlement.