A Silicon Beach entrepreneur and her investor are suing each other — part of a growing legal brawl that includes a dispute over a private jet, claims of a lesbian workplace affair and allegations of a sexual assault in a West Hollywood hotel.
On May 14, Mahway founder Jessica Mah sued D Global Ventures Chief Executive Justin Caldbeck in Los Angeles Superior Court, saying he groped her and repeatedly solicited her for sex, then attempted extortion and defamed her to other investors when she rejected him.
Hours after Mah’s claim was docketed, Caldbeck filed his own suit, saying Mah “seduced investors” with false promises and used money she raised to prop up her “ersatz glamorous lifestyle” — including spending company cash on a private jet.
“Justin Caldbeck’s claims collapse under the wei