<p>A high-level female Yahoo Inc executive has been sued in California by a woman who worked under her and is accusing her former boss of sexual harassment and wrongful termination.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Maria Zhang, a senior director of engineering at Yahoo Mobile, has been sued by Nan Shi, who worked as a principal software engineer in Yahoo from February 2013, according to a complaint filed on July 8 in Santa Clara Superior Court in San Jose, California.<br /><br />The complaint alleges that Zhang coerced Shi to have oral and digital sex with her on multiple occasions in Sunnyvale, California, and told her she would have a "bright future" at Yahoo if she had sex with Zhang.<br /><br />Shi is seeking monetary as well as punitive damages. The lawsuit also names Yahoo as a defendant.<br /><br />"There is absolutely no basis or truth to the allegations against Maria Zhang. Maria is an exemplary Yahoo executive and we intend to fight vigorously to clear her name,” a Yahoo representative said in an email.<br /><br />Zhang founded her own mobile company, Alike, which was acquired by Yahoo in 2013. She also worked at Microsoft and Zillow before joining Yahoo, according to her LinkedIn profile.<br /><br />In the complaint, Shi accuses Zhang of unfairly downgrading her performance reviews for the second and third quarters of 2013.<br /><br />The lawsuit alleges that the company's human resources personnel refused to conduct an investigation when Shi complained about her direct supervisor's advances.<br /><br />Instead, according to the complaint, Shi was put on unpaid leave and eventually terminated from her position in the company.</p>
<p>A high-level female Yahoo Inc executive has been sued in California by a woman who worked under her and is accusing her former boss of sexual harassment and wrongful termination.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Maria Zhang, a senior director of engineering at Yahoo Mobile, has been sued by Nan Shi, who worked as a principal software engineer in Yahoo from February 2013, according to a complaint filed on July 8 in Santa Clara Superior Court in San Jose, California.<br /><br />The complaint alleges that Zhang coerced Shi to have oral and digital sex with her on multiple occasions in Sunnyvale, California, and told her she would have a "bright future" at Yahoo if she had sex with Zhang.<br /><br />Shi is seeking monetary as well as punitive damages. The lawsuit also names Yahoo as a defendant.<br /><br />"There is absolutely no basis or truth to the allegations against Maria Zhang. Maria is an exemplary Yahoo executive and we intend to fight vigorously to clear her name,” a Yahoo representative said in an email.<br /><br />Zhang founded her own mobile company, Alike, which was acquired by Yahoo in 2013. She also worked at Microsoft and Zillow before joining Yahoo, according to her LinkedIn profile.<br /><br />In the complaint, Shi accuses Zhang of unfairly downgrading her performance reviews for the second and third quarters of 2013.<br /><br />The lawsuit alleges that the company's human resources personnel refused to conduct an investigation when Shi complained about her direct supervisor's advances.<br /><br />Instead, according to the complaint, Shi was put on unpaid leave and eventually terminated from her position in the company.</p>