Emmanuel Kepas, a former eBay employee, said he was hoping to get funding in order to appeal an arbitrator's ruling in his discrimination case against eBay. Kepas had filed a sexual and age discrimination lawsuit against eBay in 2006. The judge sent the case to arbitration, where Kepas said eBay's Motion to Dismiss was accepted.
Due to legal expenses and health concerns, he said he may be unable to appeal. "If I do not appeal then eBay technically won though they admitted to Intentionally Discriminating against me in the Motion to Dismiss, perhaps since we already had the evidence that showed what happened (in the book.)," Kepas wrote in an email to AuctionBytes.
For the past year he has been working for a Utah high school as an Assistant Football Coach and Computer Lab Supervisor, and he has has written a book about his experience at eBay. He said an appeal was still an option until July 30th, but, "if I do not appeal by July 30th that the Arbitrator's decision is final. I am looking for someone who would be willing to fund my appeal."
Kepas' website has more information, including a FAQs section that explains why he did not settle the case with eBay and his purpose in writing the book.
"I would ask that you encourage your readers to read my book and decide for themselves based upon the evidence presented," Kepas said. "Those who have read the book have found it to be extremely interesting. The depositions are real, raw and very revealing of the eBay working environment, the individuals and the attorneys methods of questioning."
