HR allegedly confirmed the harassment — then asked if the two might start dating
A lawsuit filed against SpaceX alleges that HR failed a harassed employee at virtually every turn over more than a year.
Elisabeth Lockwood, a former Customer Support Associate at SpaceX's Redmond, Washington facility, filed the case in King County Superior Court on January 23, 2026. SpaceX removed it to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington on March 2, 2026. The company has denied all allegations, and no court rulings have been issued.
What the case lays out, if the allegations hold, is less a single HR failure than a rolling series of them -- the kind of sequence that should give any HR leader pause.
Lockwood alleges that beginning in late 2023, a male coworker named Teikoura Kone repeatedly commented on her appearance, followed her to the breakroom, the restroom, and her car, and on one occasion grabbed the back of her coat hood in a dark parking garage at night. She says she reported the conduct to her supervisor and to HR.
The response, according to the filing, was unusual. An HR generalist allegedly confirmed that Lockwood's concerns were substantiated -- but said there was no company policy restricting the behavior. That same HR generalist allegedly asked Lockwood to let her know if she and Kone started dating. Lockwood, who says she had repeatedly refused Kone's advances, was offered two options: leave the company or switch to a different shift, which came with...
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