Exp Realty, parent company Exp Holdings, CEO Glenn Sanford and Agent Brent Gove, have been dismissed from a lawsuit alleging drugging and sexual assault.

Plaintiff Anya Roberts’ suit was filed in December 2023 in California.

Robert’s suit
details alleged drugging and sexual assault by Exp Realty agents Michael Bjorkman, David Golden and Brent Gove.

Exp Realty, Exp Holdings and Glenn Sanford are named as defendants (the “Entity Defendants”), on the basis they knew what was going on and did nothing.

In their Motion to Dismiss, Exp Realty, Exp Holdings and Sanford argued Roberts

failed to include any facts supporting the contention that they received anything of value because of sexual assaults or that they knew or should have known about Golden and Bjorkman’s actions.

Defendants argue that there are no recruitment efforts in play since Roberts already worked for eXp, never joined Golden’s downline, and whatever benefit eXp could receive from her employment was already received at the time she joined, not after a failed attempt to switch her sponsor.

The court agreed, stating

Even reading the complaint in favor of the Plaintiff, it remains unclear what benefit the Entity Defendants stood to gain from Plaintiff switching her sponsor in response to the alleged sex acts.

In summary, Roberts’ argument that “what may benefit Golden or Bjorkman necessarily benefits the Entity Defendants” was rejected.

Additionally, the Entity Defendants correctly note a few other deficiencies, including Plaintiff’s failure to allege that the Defendants were made aware of the police reports or that they knew the contents.

Plaintiff also alleges that in April 2022, an eXp Board Member addressed the failure to take action to curb sexual assault incidents at the conferences, but Sanford told that Board Member that “this was not their problem and would be simply a three-to-five-day newspaper phenomenon and then would disappear.”

Even accepting the truth of the allegation regarding Sanford’s comment to the Board Member, who remains unidentified, it is unclear whether that conversation included discussion of the conference attendance scheme involving Bjorkman and Golden as alleged here.

It should be noted that Roberts, should she wish to do so, has been given permission to amend her Complaint
“to cure the

deficiencies related to the employer relationship, among any other deficiencies.”

Roberts cites Brent Gove (right) as a central figure in a “high-pressure recruitment effort” targeting her.

Gove is also cited as being an attendance during instances of the alleged sexual assault.

In arguing he should be dismissed, Gove put forth Roberts’ Complaint contained

insufficient facts to demonstrate “enticement” because the alleged recruitment activities were “nothing more than passive advertisements…”

Defendant Gove also challenges the Complaint for failure to allege facts demonstrating his knowledge of the sexual assaults sufficient to confer beneficiary liability.

🤖 Quick Answer

What was the outcome of the lawsuit against Exp Realty and its executives?
Exp Realty, its parent company Exp Holdings, CEO Glenn Sanford, and agent Brent Gove were dismissed from a lawsuit filed in December 2023 by plaintiff Anya Roberts. The dismissal followed their motion arguing insufficient evidence that they knew about or benefited from alleged misconduct by agents Michael Bjorkman and David Golden.

Who filed the lawsuit and what were the allegations?
Anya Roberts filed the lawsuit in California alleging drugging and sexual assault by Exp Realty agents Michael Bjorkman, David Golden, and Brent Gove. Exp Realty, Exp Holdings, and CEO Glenn Sanford were named as defendants based on claims they had knowledge of the alleged conduct and failed to take action.

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