Meet Alki David: The self-appointed ambassador for the wronged men of the #MeToo movement
LOS ANGELES - Inside a stuffy Los Angeles Superior courtroom, Alkiviades "Alki" David, the British-Greek billionaire heir to a Coca-Cola bottling fortune, held forth, stomping around in Louis Vuitton combat boots, purple jeans and a Ramones T-shirt that did little to conceal his body atlas of tattoos. David, who is the man behind the dead-celebrity-resuscitator Hologram USA and a slew of internet streaming services, was representing himself against accusations of sexual harassment.
The suit, filed by Elizabeth Taylor, a former account executive at one of his media companies, FilmOn, claimed that David had, among other things: tied her to a chair with a computer wire and carried her around the company's Beverly Hills office upside down, exposing her underwear.
David's legal style, much like his fashion sense, was unorthodox. During the August hearings, he mocked and rebuked Taylor and her lawyer, the victim's rights advocate Lisa Bloom. Profane outbursts were frequent. During jury selection, David decried Bloom's "dirty mouth," called Taylor a "liar" and announced - to the unmistakable sound of gasps - that he found her "deeply unattractive."
Following a particularly heated exchange, the judge asked David to vacate the courtroom under the escort of a sheriff's deputy. Several days in, four prospective jurors asked to be excused. They told the judge that they could not remain impartial after observing David's behavior, and they were dismissed. The judge later sanctioned David almost $10,000 for his conduct and barred
