SpaceX’s Win on Welder’s Sex Harassment, Other Claims Upheld

June 6, 2019, 4:22 PM UTC

A female SpaceX welder can’t undo a California jury’s rejection of her job bias claims, including that male co-workers sexually harassed her, a state appeals court ruled.

Zhoei Teasley failed to establish that Space Exploration Technologies Corp. shouldn’t have been allowed to show the jury a video of her in a bikini performing her body building competition routine, the California Court of Appeal said June 5. Teasley frequently shared videos and photos of her workouts on social media while she was on medical leave following the alleged harassment.

She also spent six or seven days per week during that time ...

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