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DraftKings Claims Super Bowl Plans, VIP List Stolen by Exec
- Sports-betting site says ex-VP plotted move to rival Fanatics
- Fanatics calls DraftKings suit ‘ridiculous’ and ‘sour groups’
DraftKings asked for a court order blocking the executive from working with Fanatics or disclosing confidential information he gained from his employment.
Photographer: Gabby Jones/BloombergDraftKings Inc. has sued a former senior executive, alleging he stole the sports-betting site’s business plans for this Sunday’s Super Bowl and other confidential information to pass them to competitor Fanatics Inc.
In a suit filed Monday in federal court in Boston, DraftKings claims Michael Hermalyn, its former vice president of VIP management, downloaded the Super Bowl plans while he was secretly meeting with Fanatics Chief Executive Officer Michael Rubin to negotiate his move to that company last week.