Someday after being sued by Joe Gibbs Racing over an alleged ‘brazen scheme’ to steal information from the group whereas negotiating his employment separation and a job alternative with Spire Motorsports, Chris Gaebhart responded with a press release that means he intends to problem his longtime employer in courtroom.
“Yesterday afternoon, Joe Gibbs Racing filed a lawsuit claiming – falsely – that I shared JGR confidential info with Spire Motorsports and/or different unnamed third events. I really feel compelled to talk out at this time and forcefully and emphatically deny these frivolous and retaliatory claims.”
The declare from Joe Gibbs Racing is that Gabehart, whereas serving within the capability as competitors director for the group in 2025, created a folder referred to as ‘Spire’ and synced proprietary info together with his private Google Driver.
Joe Gibbs Racing additionally accused Gabehart of taking pictures of proprietary info together with his cellular phone and likewise backing it as much as his private accounts. The lawsuit says that Gabehart continued to entry these recordsdata even on a day the place he had a gathering with Spire Motorsports co-owner Jeff Dickerson.
The lawsuit says JGR was made conscious of a dialogue for Gabehart to hitch Spire as Chief Motorsports Officer. JGR claims that it discovered a lot of this info after a third-party forensic examination.
In his assertion, Gabehart stated that Joe Gibbs Racing was provided a chance to conduct a forensic examination on Spire Motorsports however declined. Gabehart stated he and his authorized illustration intend to file an in depth response to the lawsuit within the days to return.
“I stay up for the chance to display to the Courtroom that I’ve not shared JGR’s confidential info with anybody. Actually, I’ve already demonstrated that to JGR. A 3rd-party forensic professional retained by JGR lately examined my laptop computer, cellular phone and private Google Drive and located no proof to help the baseless allegations in JGR’s lawsuit. We even provided JGR the chance to do the same evaluation of Spire’s techniques. JGR refused that supply and filed this spiteful lawsuit as a substitute.
“Keep tuned. We can have rather more to say within the authorized response we will probably be submitting within the coming days.”
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