Personal safety officer Mark Zuckerberg accused of sexual misconduct

Chief of Personal Security Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been charged with badual misconduct and racist, homophobic remarks about his wife, Priscilla Chan, and members of his staff, NBC News confirmed with a door of Zuckerberg.

The charges against Liam Booth, a former secret service officer who currently holds the position of personal security officer of Facebook 's founder, were presented by former Zuckerberg' s house staff employees by the police. Intermediate law firms of The Bloom Firm. They were first reported by Business Insider.

Staff lawyers – a former member of Zuckerberg's domestic staff and a former Booth executive badistant – sent letters regarding the allegations to the law firm representing Zuckerberg family security companies, according to Business Insider.

Booth has been on administrative leave while the Zuckerberg family is investigating the allegations, according to Ben LaBolt, spokesman for the Chan Zuckerberg Family Office. Noth News could not reach Booth immediately for comment.

"The family office takes workplace misconduct very seriously and our human resources team is quickly investigating all of these cases," LaBolt said.

"The charges against Liam Booth were brought to the attention of the office for the first time by The Bloom Firm after the two former employees left their jobs at the family office and hired a lawyer," he said. pursued. "As soon as The Bloom Firm presented these allegations, the family office tasked Munger, Tolles & Olson, an outside law firm, to investigate all the allegations made by The Bloom Firm to determine whether the claims were founded. "

"The investigation is ongoing," LaBolt said. "Mr. Booth is on administrative leave pending the completion of this investigation."

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