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[name redacted] aka [redacted] as named in the text of the police report was arrested on 11/29/2021 after evading arrest for two months with the assistance of G
by _o68p 5y ago
[name redacted] aka [redacted] as named in the text of the police report was arrested on 11/29/2021 after evading arrest for two months with the assistance of Github management.
[name redacted] was also the co-founder of Ycombinator funded startup Hackpad (acquired by Dropbox).
Nat Friedman is [name redacted]'s best friend and hired [name redacted] knowing he had a history of abusing other women as well. He still refuses to stop associating with [name redacted].
- sterlind 5y ago> after evading arrest for two months with the assistance of Github management this is quite damning if so. where did you hear of this?
- _o68p 5y agoI told Github management about the warrant. They did not report his location to the authorities and allowed him to work across state lines without any changes to his employment agreement. I later asked Github HR what their policy on domestic violene is. This is what they sent. "Microsoft is committed to working with employees who are victims of domestic violence to prevent abuse from occurring in the workplace. Employees who are concerned about violence occurring in the workplace should immediately discuss their concerns with the Human Resources (HR) manager assigned to their group. The Microsoft Global Security group can provide guidelines and suggestions for increasing your safety in the workplace. Employees who are experiencing domestic violence outside of work are encouraged to seek assistance from Microsoft Cares. Microsoft Cares provides information regarding counseling and treatment resources. Perpetrators of domestic violence are also encouraged to seek assistance from Microsoft Cares. In some situations, employees may be eligible for time off work or other accommodation to manage medical issues and other negative consequences arising from domestic violence. Contact Benefits for more information." They officially accommodate "perpetrators of domestic violence" as Microsoft-owned Github.
- mwint 5y agoThe Cares program is kind of the catch-all “I have a weird non-work issue I want help with”. You could ask HR/management what to do if you were under siege by zombie geese with chainsaws; they’d say to contact Cares. I’m guessing if this guy actually contacted Cares, they’d be more likely to help him turn himself in without violence, than to arrange a getaway to Cuba.
- microtherion 5y agoWhat these programs (I don't know about the Microsoft one specifically) also can do in this situation is refer employees to criminal lawyers (which are still paid by the employee). [I used such a referral once with a different employer to assist a family member in a legal matter (not involving interpersonal violence)].
- jeegsy 5y agoI told Github management about the warrant In what capacity? How did you come by your knowledge of the warrant?
- smt88 5y ago> In what capacity? How did you come by your knowledge of the warrant? Why would this matter at all? It seems like you're casting suspicion on [name redacted], although I can't begin to imagine what there is to be suspicious of.
- jeegsy 5y ago> I can't begin to imagine what there is to be suspicious of. I can't either
- Mandatum 5y agoPublicly in November: [link redacted]
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- sfteus 5y agoI'm honestly not sure whether to read this as "arrested ... with the assistance of Github management" or "evading arrest ... with the assistance of Github management."
- betsydupuis 5y agoGithub management helped him evade arrest by not reporting his location even though they were aware of the warrant.
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- throwaway744678 5y agoWhy wouldn't you be able to do that yourself?
- betsydupuis 5y agoDidn't know where he was.
- phkahler 5y agoHave them call HR.
- phgn 5y agoVery likely this is would be the effect of a company-wide policy that would apply to every employee. (writing "would" because I'm convinced this entire post is BS)
- betsydupuis 5y agoOk, if it's company policy that would validate my statement further.
- phkahler 5y ago
- rad_gruchalski 5y agoIs that the reason for Friedman “leaving” GitHub?
- smt88 5y agoI don't know if it is or not, but the timing (Nov 2021) is exactly right.
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- betsydupuis 5y agoI don't think so. Alex is still at Github.
- outside1234 5y agoOh - maybe that is why Nat was shown the door at Microsoft. That would actually make a lot more sense than him randomly just leaving one day.
- betsydupuis 5y agoI think it was an unrelated performance issue. Alex is still at Github.
- adamnemecek 5y agoI thought that he would be an Indian guy who adopted an English name but he appears to be an American guy who adopted an Indian name.
- snowgrove 5y agoNot altogether uncommon, especially among Americans born to 1960s flower children. For instance the current mayor of Madison, Wisconsin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satya_Rhodes-Conway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satya_Rhodes-Conway
- betsydupuis 5y ago
- HuwytNashi085 5y ago
- HuwytNashi085 5y ago
- betsydupuis 5y agoHis parents were Christians before converting to Hare Krishna. Alex described it as a cult.
- vorpalhex 5y agoYour account is from 2018 but you have no comments or submissions until now, all on this topic. You make several significant, serious claims but offer no evidence aside from a jpg of a file in google drive. For reference, the Austin city/Travis county public records results are returned as pdfs, not scans in jpg. The clerk of the court does not offer "unofficial copies" as far as I am aware.
- phnofive 5y agoYou can view that he or someone by the same name has been charged here: https://publiccourts.traviscountytx.gov/dsa/#/ https://publiccourts.traviscountytx.gov/dsa/#/
- vorpalhex 5y agoBut that only shows he has a DV charge pending, which does not tie in a whole mess of other people, github management, etc. That doesn't validate this document that is linked which is extremely peculier.
- betsydupuis 5y agoI redacted the name of the victim. The victim is named in the original.
- vorpalhex 5y agoHow do we know you didn't alter anything else in the document?
- betsydupuis 5y agoMake an open records request to the Travis County Clerk.
- curtisblaine 5y ago
- XCabbage 5y agoCare to share sources corroborating any of this? All I can find is anonymous stuff on a website called http://techrights.org/ http://techrights.org/ which has a series of articles trying to in some way associate Nat with [redacted]'s domestic violence. The "best friend" claim seems to have started with a weird "teaser" post on techrights.org wherein an anonymous source claims that "many others" can confirm that [redacted] was close to Nat. That of course doesn't even come close to establishing that either of them considers the other their "best friend", if it's trustworthy to begin with. Then techrights.org cites their own teaser in other posts as saying that [redacted] claims Nat is his best friend (not true, or at least not supported by the source). Now you are, I guess, using that as your basis to claim that they ARE in fact best friends. I realise it's possible you're entirely honest and have sources I don't, but this looks like a pretty cynical smear job to me, especially given that none of the sources I've managed to find asserting that the two were close date from before this domestic abuse case. I don't have any insider knowledge, but the superficial appearance of all this is that a handful of activists with something against Nat have cooked up this "best friend" narrative for some reason, gradually escalating the claim each time they cite each other, and ultimately it all hinges on an anonymous source saying that other anonymous sources say that the two were close once.
- betsydupuis 5y agoAlright, sure. I've been talking about this relationship with Nat for over a year now. It's been confirmed by Miguel de Icaza to me personally. Alex also assaulted me as well during a short, but extremely abusive relationship. Alex mentioned his relationship with Nat several times and used it to threaten me on multiple occasions. Alex attending Nat's destination wedding in Italy. It's that's not close, I don't know what is.
- phgn 5y ago> Nat Friedman is Alex's best friend I'm convinced this post is satire. Too many unlikely claims, against one .jpg in Google Drive.
- _o68p 5y agoI'm not sure what's says male bonding more than starting a podcast together. http://web.archive.org/web/20100216070208/http://hackermedley.org/ http://web.archive.org/web/20100216070208/http://hackermedle...
- yosito 5y agoThe document you linked appears to be a request for a warrant, containing a third person account of an accusation. Has there been a trial, or any evidence presented in support of the accusation?
- betsydupuis 5y agoHe's already gone through docket. There's a pre-trial indictment hearing upcoming.
- yosito 5y agoI hope he gets a fair trial and that everyone involved receives justice. He's been accused of a serious crime, and that definitely calls for thourough investigation.
- betsydupuis 5y agoThe third person was the police officer that was called to the scene and took a statement from the victim. That's how police reports are written.
- dragonwriter 5y ago> with the assistance of Github management. In the absence of some substantial reason to believe this part, this is quite likely actionable as libel against Microsoft (as well as, without including substantial reason to believe it, wholly inappropriate for HN.)
- gookgette 5y agodefinitely is libel. Her posts about Alex are libel as well.