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Andy Rubin, founder of Android, was charged with sexual assault by an employee in 2014. He resigned after the incident. Rubin received $ 90 million from the company upon his departure.

The woman accused Rubin in 2014 of forced oral sex in a hotel room, wrote The New York Times on Thursday based on two high-ranking people of Google.

The company would then have examined the story and concluded that the woman was telling the truth. Rubin was informed of this. Google's director at the time, Larry Page, then asked him to resign. Google reportedly paid Rubin $ 90 million in installments.

Google was silent about the allegations. In a statement that was circulated at the time, Page Rubin said he wished "good luck" for his new step. "With Android, he has developed something very remarkable for over a billion satisfied users," said Page.

The abuse began with a case

Rubin started an affair with the woman in 2012. He then ran the Android operating system. In 2013, she wanted to end this relationship, but she was worried about losing her position on Google.

After the woman in the hotel was forced to have sex, she broke the relationship. She then waited until 2014 to file a complaint, as a result of which the investigation had been opened within Google.

According to a spokesman for Rubin, every relationship between Google and him was reciprocal. "No one has worked under him," the spokesman said. Page has not responded to requests from The New York Times .

48 Google employees fired in the last two years

Google CEO Sundar Pichai responded by e-mail to the article . The New York Times, written by BuzzFeed News . "I had trouble reading the message," he writes. "We want to make it clear that we treat and investigate every complaint of sexual abuse or inappropriate behavior."

According to Pichai, 48 people were fired during the last two years because of sexual harassment. Thirteen people in this group held one or more management positions. "None of them has received severance pay," Pichai said.

Google has already protected two other men accused of sexual abuse.

Rumors about an "inappropriate relationship" have been circulating for some time

at the end of last year. Rumor has it that Rubin left Google for an "inappropriate relationship" with an employee of the Android team.

After his time at Google, Rubin founded the company Essential. This startup has made headlines with Essential Phone, one of the first phones with a small notch on the screen.