Evan Spiegel—Leaked Stanford fraternity emails revealed Spiegel made misogynistic and homophobic comments encouraging getting women drunk for sex
In May 2014, emails sent by Evan Spiegel during his time at Stanford fraternity were leaked to Gawker. The emails included misogynistic and homophobic comments and openly encouraged getting women heavily drunk in an attempt to convince them to have sex. Spiegel issued an apology stating 'I'm obviously mortified and embarrassed that my idiotic emails during my fraternity days were made public. I have no excuse. I'm sorry I wrote them at the time and I was a jerk to have written them.'
Scoring Impact
| Topic | Direction | Relevance | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corporate Governance | -against | secondary | -0.50 |
| DEI Programs | -against | primary | -1.00 |
| Overall incident score = | -0.664 | ||
Score = avg(topic contributions) × significance (high ×1.5) × confidence (0.59)
Evidence (1 signal)
Gawker published leaked Stanford fraternity emails showing Spiegel's misogynistic and homophobic comments
Gawker/Valleywag published emails from Evan Spiegel's Stanford fraternity days that included misogynistic and homophobic content and encouraged getting women drunk for sex. Spiegel apologized stating 'I'm obviously mortified and embarrassed that my idiotic emails during my fraternity days were made public.'