Dan Price Gave Up as CEO After Allegedly Trying to Kiss Woman

Dan Price who founded an e-credit card processing firm called Gravity Payments has resigned from the CEO post over choking allegations.

According to the sources, he is fronting charges for allegedly assaulting a 26 years old woman.

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He declared his walk out in a Tweet and revealed that current Chief Operating Officer Tammi Kroll will be the next CEO of the company.

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Dan was charged at the beginning of this year after he allegedly tried to kiss and choke the lady after a business meeting.

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He is best known to raise minimum wage for his company's employees to US$70,000 and cut his own salary from US$1.1 million to US$70,000.

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He claims to be not guilty and has rejected misconduct.

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Price's legal team gave a statement in which they said that 'He respects the laws and its process'. 'He believes that his innocence will be justified in court', they added.

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In his tweet he added that he is not going anywhere. He just need to focus full time on fighting against false accusations.

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Dan mentioned that his number one priority is for his employees to work for the best company in the globe.

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