The former CEO of Austin-based real estate giant Keller Williams Realty Inc. is suing the company and the North Texas franchise owner who claimed earlier this year that he had sexually assaulted her.
John Davis, the former CEO, is seeking at least $300 million in a new lawsuit filed in federal court in the Northern District of Texas to compensate for lost career opportunities and reputational damage.
Inga Dow, who owns Keller Williams offices in Fort Worth and Johnson County, sued Davis, Keller Williams and executive chairman Gary Keller in federal court last November, alleging decades of sexual abuse and harassment by Davis that the company failed to take action against. She also included a D-FW operating company and regional owners as defendants.
In the new lawsuit, Davis claims Dow falsely accused him of sexual assault to force the sale of her businesses for more than they were worth after she had tried unsuccessfully to sell them.
Davis’ lawsuit followed U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman’s decision Sept. 2 to send Dow’s claims against Keller Williams and Gary Keller to arbitration. He suspended the case against Davis and the other defendants until the arbitration is complete.
Pittman wrote in an opinion in September that Davis and the other defendants are not subject to arbitration because they are not parties in Dow’s license agreements with Keller Williams.
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