Media entrepreneur Alki David is a "bully" who wrongly fired an employee for raising safety concerns over a theater renovation the billionaire bankrolled and should pay millions for his violation of employment laws, the ex-worker's attorney told a California jury during closing arguments Monday.
A former in-house attorney for one of Alki David's companies told a Los Angeles jury Friday the billionaire never fired a former worker who says he was wrongfully terminated for refusing to violate city building codes, testifying that while David and the employee had a heated argument it did not result in his termination.
Billionaire Alki David told a Los Angeles jury during combative and occasionally profane testimony delivered via videoconference Thursday that he did nothing wrong in terminating a former employee who says he was wrongfully fired for refusing to violate city building codes.