Goldman Sachs Settles Case Over Alleged Abuse of Intern

  • Claims included violence, forced drinking, mocking nicknames
  • Bank argued intern’s injuries covered by workers compensation

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. headquarters in New York.

Photographer: Nina Westervelt/Bloomberg
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc. reached a settlement with a former intern who alleged the company fostered a culture of hazing that included physical violence, embarrassing nicknames and forced drinking bouts.

The settlement with Patrick Blumenthal, who was a Drexel University student when he went to work for Goldman Sachs in 2017, came a week before a hearing on the investment bank’s request to dismiss the lawsuit. Terms of the accord weren’t disclosed in a filing in San Francisco Superior Court.