Tesla Employee Says Rap Music Made Workplace Sexually Hostile

Tesla Inc. subjected a female employee in Nevada to a sexually hostile work environment, including loud “obscene and misogynistic rap music” and comments and touching by a co-worker, a new federal lawsuit charges.

The sexual harassment occurred at the company’s industrial facility 20 miles east of Reno, Shauna Israel says. She complained repeatedly, but Tesla failed to investigate and take the prompt remedial action required by federal law to end the abuse, she says.

The offensive music was replete with references to women as “bitches,” graphic references to sex, and other foul terms, the US District Court for the District ...