Overview
- Ritter, a 31-year-old tech entrepreneur, lodged a 70-page Los Angeles Superior Court filing alleging sexual battery, domestic violence, illegal wiretapping and computer hacking.
- Her declaration describes alleged assaults on a yacht in November 2021 and at Burning Man in 2023, and claims non-consensual surveillance including hidden cameras, spyware and surreptitious nude photos.
- She further alleges Schmidt said he had a “backdoor” to Google servers, a claim presented in her civil filing and denied by Schmidt and his legal team.
- Schmidt rejects all accusations as false and defamatory, with his attorney Patricia Glaser saying the claims were fabricated, and he argues the dispute stems from Ritter’s mismanagement and efforts to gain leverage.
- Judge Michael Small ordered the matter to private arbitration in September, the public case is stayed, and Ritter’s new filing challenges arbitrability under the 2021 law as the parties contest both procedure and substance.