The ex-girlfriend of a former Google CEO alleges abusive and controlling behaviour by the married billionaire tech titan.

According to court documents filed last month to Los Angeles County Superior Court and obtained by the New York Post , Michelle Ritter filed for a temporary restraining order against 70-year-old Eric Schmidt in early December 2024.

“Unfortunately, my former partner is extraordinarily powerful and capable and has used every mean[s] to block me from getting access to secure data, devices, finances, or businesses, or to simply live my life in peace,” she said in her claim.

The tech leader, who has been with his wife Wendy Schmidt for 45 years, has reportedly been in an open marriage for years.

Ritter, 31, accused him of “toxic masculinity” after she was allegedly s

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