Tesla must pay $137m to racially harassed former worker

A judge rules the firm did not take reasonable steps to stop a US factory worker from being abused.

Carmaker Tesla has been ordered to pay almost $137m in damages for failing to stop a black former worker at its Fresno plant from being abused.

Mr Diaz claimed black workers regularly faced racist slurs on the factory floor and racist graffiti in bathrooms.Mr Diaz's lawsuit alleged African-American workers "encountered a scene straight from the Jim Crow era" at the electric carmaker's Fremont factory."Tesla's progressive image was a facade papering over its regressive, demeaning treatment of African-American employees," it said.

One of them, Lawrence Organ of the California Civil Rights Law Group, said he hoped the high penalty would spur change. She added: "We do recognise that in 2015 and 2016 we were not perfect. We're still not perfect. But we have come a long way from five years ago."

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