After largely beating back an attempt to get their claims tossed out of court, four female real estate agents have bolstered their complaint accusing eXp Realty and its founder and CEO Glenn Sanford of looking the other way as two male eXp agents allegedly lured women to industry and company events with the promise of career advancement, only to then drug and sexually assault them.
The amended complaint paints a picture of recruiting tactics that lean heavily on displays of success, allegedly at the instruction of eXp and Sanford. According to the complaint, such displays included top male recruiters boosting their status by drugging women to make it appear that the women were attracted to them. In a statement, eXp denied the latest allegations, emphasizing the agents’ independent contractor status.
On Feb. 28, Fabiola Acevedo and two agents previously known as Jane Doe 1 and Jane Doe 2 — now named as Tami Sims and Christiana Lundy, respectively — as well as another woman referred to as Jane Doe 3, filed a second amended complaint against eXp World Holdings, eXp Realty, Sanford, suspended eXp agent David Golden, now-former eXp agent Michael Bjorkman and eXp agent Brent Gove.
The complaint is similar to the plaintiffs’ first amended complaint and alleges the defendants violated a federal sex trafficking law by turning a blind eye or participating in assaults against the female agents by Golden and Bjorkman.
Golden and Bjorkman’s agent recruiting allegedly brought in substantial income through eXp’s revenue share program for Sanford and Gove, which allegedly led to eXp, Sanford and Gove allowing Golden and Bjorkman’s “behavior to go unchecked for years simply so they could continue to reap the financial benefits.”
Both complaints allege “Defendant eXp Realty attempted to cover up the criminal conduct of Defendants Bjorkman and Golden through the attempted use of Non-Disclosure Agreements.”
Inman reached out to Golden, Bjorkman and Gove for…