Here's the start of the controlling-sounding texts, sent from Justin Mateen to Whitney Wolfe.
"I will shit on him in life," a jealous Mateen allegedly texted Wolfe about a new guy in her life.
More insults from Mateen allegedly followed.
Mateen went on to mock Wolfe and said he had "horrible judgement" for dating her.
next slide will load in 15 secondsSkip AdSkip AdHe allegedly made racist comments about guys she was involved with after their breakup.
And allegedly accused her of being a social climber with "Muslim pigs."
The jealous rant continued...
And when things continued to be bad, Wolfe started making legal threats.
Mateen allegedly threatened her not to sue, or else he'd "bark back like a psycho."
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Wolfe allegedly told Mateen she was feeling harassed by him.
And pointed out that he was (allegedly) threatening her.
next slide will load in 15 secondsSkip AdSkip AdWolfe told Mateen that her personal life wasn't his business anymore, because they broke up.
Insecure break-up texts continued.
Mateen continued to allegedly badger his ex about a guy from a trip to Aspen.
The controlling-sounding texts continued.
next slide will load in 15 secondsSkip AdSkip AdAgain Wolfe wrote that she was feeling harassed.
So she escalated the situation to CEO Sean Rad.
Sean, seeming to sense a potential lawsuit, didn't want to talk via text.
Wolfe's stock hadn't vested yet. Rad informed her that if she quit, she wouldn't get the unvested stock (which is typical at a startup).
Rad encouraged Wolfe to email him her resignation.
next slide will load in 15 secondsSkip AdSkip Ad"Your employment continuing is likely not an option at this point," Rad allegedly told Wolfe.
Wolfe was not pleased. Now she's filed a lawsuit.