Ebay Has to Pay $55.7 Million in Settlement for Its Unhinged Harassment Campaign
For months on end, eBay employees and contractors made life hell for a couple that had criticized the company. Six years later, the company is finally paying up.
A Massachusetts couple filed a civil lawsuit against eBay in 2021 for harassment they endured after the company allowed former employees to target their news site with threats, doxing, and pest deliveries in 2019. The settlement reached in 2023 includes $46.15 million for the Steiners, $2 million from former CEO Devin Wenig, $500,000 from former executive Wendy Jones, and $50,000 from Steve Wymer. eBay has also donated $6 million to charity and $1 million to a First Amendment rights nonprofit.
The company is required to publicly condemn the actions of the former employees involved. The settlement allows the Steiners to continue speaking out about the case.
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