Swede awarded $18m in suit against boss

A young Swedish woman who sued her former Wall Street executive boss over lurid allegations of sexual conquest, betrayal and stalking was awarded $18m (€16.5m) by a federal jury.

Hanna Bouveng, 25, accused Benjamin Wey in an $850m lawsuit of using his power as owner of New York Global Group to coerce her into four sexual encounters before firing her on finding out she had a boyfriend.

The jury in federal court in Manhattan awarded her $2m in compensatory damages plus $16m in punitive damages on sexual harassment, retaliation and defamation claims. It rejected a claim of assault and battery.