Tech evangelist Robert Scoble has resigned from his VR startup after several women accused him of sexual assault

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October 24, 2017 12:56 AM

Robert Scoble is no longer part of VR startup Transformation Group, according to cofounder Shel Israel who said the allegations of misconduct were a surprise.

Tech evangelist Robert Scoble has resigned as partner of the VR/AR startup Transformation Group.
He resigned following multiple allegations from women claiming that he had sexually assaulted them at tech events.
Scoble's co-founder Shel Israel will run the company on his own.

The sexual harassment dominoes continue to fall as more women go public with allegations of men exploiting positions of power to sexually harass and assault them, both inside and out of the tech industry.

This time it's famed tech evangelist and blogger Robert Scoble, who has stepped down as partner of the AR/VR startup Transformation Group, following multiple allegations of sexual misconduct. Scoble's co-founder Shel Israel announced the resignation on Facebook on Sunday.

Allegations against Scoble came to light last week after tech journalist Quinn Norton wrote that Scoble grabbed her breast and butt in 2010 during the hacker conference Foo Camp. A second woman, Michelle Greer, shared a similar story with BuzzFeed News on Thursday about being groped by Scoble.

Scoble has reigned for years as a well-known and influential pundit in the tech industry, often embracing and promoting new technologies like Google Glass, the augmented reality glasses.

Scoble did not respond to requests for comment about his resignation.

I have seen him drunk and stoned, but not recently

In his Facebook post, Israel wrote that the revelations came as a "surprise" to him, and that he too will take a short personal break before returning to run the company on his own.

I’m deeply sorry to the people I’ve caused pain to. I know I have behaved in ways that were inappropriate. I apologize for that," Scoble wrote. "The question is not if it happened or if anyone got hurt (they did) but how can I do better?"

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