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Oct 28 (Reuters) – A former senior lawyer for Netflix
in India has settled her lawsuit in the United States that accused the streaming video giant of gender discrimination and wrongful termination, court filings show.
Netflix and lawyers for Nandini Mehta, formerly the company’s director of business and legal affairs in India, disclosed the
in an Oct. 24 filing in the case in Los Angeles County Superior Court.
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The terms of the accord were not disclosed in the court filing. A lawyer for Mehta declined to comment other than to confirm that the lawsuit, filed in 2021, had been resolved. Netflix and its lawyers did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Mehta joined Netflix Entertainment Services India LLP in early 2018, according to the lawsuit, which said she helped to negotiate and close regional content deals and to strengthen ties to the Indian creative community.
Mehta claimed she experienced “blatant discrimination and harassment” during her time at the company. She was terminated in 2020 after making what she described in her lawsuit as whistleblower complaints.
Netflix denied the allegations in court filings and said Mehta was fired for allegedly using a corporate card for personal expenses.
Mehta’s lawsuit called the assertion that she was fired over non-business expenses “materially false and contrary to documentary evidence.”
The case is Mehta v. Netflix Inc, Los Angeles Superior Court, No. 21STC25741.
For Mehta: Roxanne Davis and Frank Hakim of Davis*Gavsie & Hakim
For Netflix: Katherine Smith of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
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Reporting by Mike Scarcella
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