I missed this from earlier: The filing also includes a purported job offer from Mullenweg to WP Engine CEO Heather Brunner saying that if she declines to joi

I missed this from earlier: The filing also includes a purported job offer from Mullenweg to WP Engine CEO Heather Brunner saying that if she declines to join Automattic, he’d tell the CEO of Silver Lake — the private equity firm that owns WP Engine. WP Engine referred us to the lawsuit when asked for comment. It's one thing to undermine your competitors by hiring out the staff from under them. But (alleged) blackmail seems pretty egregious even by authoritarian tech bro standards.