The feminine Google executive who was accused of groping a male colleague by patting his stomach while complimenting his “nice body” denied the allegations and claimed his time on the tech giant was “marked by repeated instances of misconduct toward women,” in response to a recent court filing.
Tiffany Miller, Google’s director of programmatic media, hit back in court last week at her accuser, Ryan Olahan, 48, who alleges that he was fired last summer after he rejected her advances.
Miller’s lawyers slammed Olahan for his “attempts to recast himself as a victim,” that are “particularly ironic in light of his troubled tenure at Google, which was marked by repeated instances of misconduct toward women and subordinates,” in response to the filing in Manhattan federal court.
The Post has sought comment from Miller’s attorneys, who didn’t specify in court papers the character of Olahan’s alleged “misconduct toward women.”
Miller’s attorneys said Olahan was fired by Google “based on his documented misconduct” and “with cause after a radical investigation of complaints by quite a few employees,” in response to the filing.
Alex Rissmiller, an attorney for Olahan, told The Post: “Mr. Olohan’s grievance details his record of leadership and integrity, which Google consistently recognized for over 15 years.”
“We’re dissatisfied by Google’s refusal to take accountability and stay up for vindicating Mr. Olohan’s rights,” Rissmiller told The Post on Thursday.
The Post reached out to Google in search of comment.
Miller “not only vehemently denies that she engaged in any improprieties in anyway in her interactions with Olahan, she also categorically denies that she had anything to do along with his termination,” in response to the court filing.
Her attorneys also denied Miller was “very drunk” when she allegedly berated Olahan “in front of various Google employees,” telling him that she “disagreed with him 70% of the time” and “didn’t like him 70% of the time,” the filing said.
Miller acknowledged apologizing to Olahan for “raising [his] mistreatment of his co-workers in front of others,” in response to the court papers filed last week.
Olahan, Google’s former director of food, beverage, and restaurants, filed suit last fall accusing Miller of rubbing his stomach at an organization dinner and complimenting him for having “such a pleasant body.”
Miller, who’s Asian American, can be alleged to have remarked to Olahan that he was a handsome man whose marriage to his Asian wife lacked “spice,” in response to court documents.
Olahan, who’s white, alleges within the suit that Miller knew about his wife’s ethnicity when she made the remark, in response to court papers.
Attorneys for Miller categorically denied the allegations.
They alleged in court papers that Olahan created a “fictional account” with a purpose to “blame others for his own significant shortcomings.”
A spokesperson for Miller told The Post last week: “This lawsuit is a fictional account of events full of quite a few falsehoods, fabricated by a disgruntled ex-employee, who was senior to Ms. Miller at Google.”
“Ms. Miller never made any ‘advance’ toward Mr. Olohan, which witnesses can readily corroborate,” the rep said.