Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook parent Meta’s second-highest ranked executive, twice pressured the Daily Mail to kill potentially damaging stories about her then-boyfriend, Activision CEO Bobby Kotick, according to a report Thursday. In both 2016 and 2019, Sandberg purportedly told the Daily Mail that Kotick’s accuser had retracted her claims. A Daily Mail representative did not immediately return a request for comment on the report. Additionally, the Daily Mail is purportedly aware that some of the claims were false. The Daily Mail stories purportedly would have revealed that one of Kotick’s ex-girlfriends obtained a restraining order against him in 2014.

Source: Daily Mail April 21, 2022 22:30 UTC