Google’s Former Creeper-in-Chief Allegedly Built a ‘Backdoor’ to Watch His Naked Mistress
Remember Google’s old motto, "Don't Be Evil"? It seems Eric Schmidt, the man who steered the ship from a quirky search engine to a global surveillance behemoth between 2001 and 2011, might have interpreted that phrase less as a moral compass and more as a challenge to see how much darkness he could get away with under the cover of vast, unimaginable wealth.
If you thought Silicon Valley’s gender dynamics were stuck in the Paleozoic era, buckle up. New court filings out of Los Angeles aren't just bad; they are a grotesque manifesto of what happens when $48.3 billion meets unchecked libido and total moral vacuum.
Michelle Ritter, a 31-year-old tech entrepreneur with credentials that would make a tiger mom weep (Johns Hopkins, Columbia Law and MBA), has filed bombshell documents accusing her former lover and business partner, the 70-year-old Schmidt, of a litany of horrors that read less like a bad breakup and more like the plot of a straight-to-VOD thriller about a psychopathic oligarch.
We’re talking rape. We’re talking creepy, high-tech voyeurism. We’re talking physical abuse, psychological torture, and the kind of financial coercion that only someone with the GDP of a small nation in their bank account can exert.
The relationship, which began in 2020, was supposedly a meeting of minds. Ritter was pitching a sports-tech company; Schmidt, ever the "mentor," decided to invest. They launched a startup incubator, Steel Perlot. But according to Ritter, the boardroom quickly became a bedroom, and then a dungeon of coercive control.
The Assaults
Let’s get right to the most sickening allegations. Ritter claims that the "philanthropist" and major Democratic donor is actually a violent sexual predator.
In November 2021, on a yacht—because of course it was on a yacht—Ritter alleges Schmidt cornered her.
“He followed me into a shower, slammed me against the wall, and forcibly raped me,” Ritter alleged in the filing. “I begged him to stop and cried out that he was hurting me, but he ignored my pleas. The next morning, Schmidt attempted to convince me that I enjoyed the assault.”
Read that again. Then remember this man advises presidents on AI.
It didn't stop there. In August 2023, at Burning Man—the dusty playground where the ultra-rich go to cosplay as enlightened bohemians while their private jets idle nearby—Schmidt allegedly assaulted her again while she was sleeping. Ritter claims she said "no," but had already learned that "attempting to resist physically would be futile and make things worse."
The Surveillance State of One
But Schmidt didn't just want to own her body; he apparently needed to own her digital soul. And this is where the story shifts from standard-issue rich-guy villainy into terrifying tech dystopia.
Schmidt isn't just some horny old frat boy; he’s the guy who helped build the architecture of modern surveillance capitalism. And according to Ritter, he turned those tools on her.
Ritter claims Schmidt installed spyware on her computer, giving him god-mode access to her texts, emails, and documents. She describes watching her own Google Workspace in real-time as documents were deleted or altered, "as if someone else were controlling her keystrokes."
But here is the detail that should send a chill down the spine of anyone who has ever used a Google product. Ritter alleges that Schmidt confessed to her that he had created a “backdoor” to Google servers, allowing him to access anyone’s private information. He wasn't just watching her; he was allegedly using his former position to play panopticon with targeted employees.
He also liked to watch. Literally. Ritter claims the billionaire surreptitiously photographed her nude on multiple occasions, including creeping into the bathroom to snap photos while she showered.
And when the relationship finally imploded in early 2024—after he was caught with a 22-year-old, because the cliché must be completed—the surveillance escalated. Ritter claims he broke into her Tesla while she was eating at Nobu (again, the cliché) to steal her laptop, an act he allegedly admitted was caught on CCTV. He then allegedly bugged her LA home with hidden cameras and listening devices and hired private investigators to tail her parents.
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TFW you build the world's biggest data collection machine just so you can creep on your 31-year-old ex-mistress in the shower. "Don't Be Evil," indeed. #EricSchmidt #Google
The "Open Marriage" Hall Pass
Schmidt has long been shielded by the fig leaf of an "open marriage" with his wife of 45 years, Wendy. In Silicon Valley parlance, this usually translates to "I am too rich to experience consequences for philandering." He’s been dubbed the "Casanova" of the tech world, parading a string of younger women like accessories.
But Ritter’s filings paint a picture that is less "free love" and more "abusive narcissism." She describes him as "erratic," alleging he exposed himself to flight crews on his private jet and transported marijuana across state lines. He allegedly shoved her, bruised her, screamed inches from her face, and pushed her into a desk.
He demanded she look "really hot and sexy" for business meetings, pushed prescription stimulants on her for weight loss, and then mocked her for looking "emaciated." In front of colleagues, he’d treat her like livestock, soliciting comments on her hotness or sneering, “At least she’s good looking” when she misspoke.
The Defense
So, who do you hire when you're accused of being a monstrous sexual predator who abuses his power? You hire Patricia Glaser, the same lawyer who represented Harvey Weinstein. You cannot make this shit up.
Glaser’s statement is a masterclass in DARVO (Deny, Attack, and Reverse Victim and Offender). She calls Ritter's claims a "desperate and destructive effort to publish false and defamatory statements" to distract from a "business dispute." Schmidt’s team claims Ritter is a "compulsive liar" trying to "extort" him after mismanaging their company and stealing property.
Ritter's lawyer, Skip Miller, fired back with the only accurate summary of the situation: "A billionaire tech titan, the powerful former head of Google, took advantage of and abused a brilliant young woman, for his personal satisfaction... This lawsuit is to get her justice.”
This isn't just gossip. This is a stress test for the American legal system. Can a $48 billion fortune buy immunity from rape charges? Schmidt is currently trying to force this whole nasty mess into private arbitration, where rich men’s secrets go to die quietly.
Ritter is fighting to keep it public, citing a law against arbitrating sex abuse claims. We should all hope she succeeds. Because if the guy who claims he has a backdoor into Google's servers is also a violent rapist, we have much bigger problems than just another tech bro behaving badly.
Do you work at Google? Did you ever hear rumors about Schmidt's "backdoor" access to servers? Do you have surveillance footage of Eric Schmidt breaking into Teslas outside Nobu? We want to see it. We want to hear it. Leak it to us. Use a burner phone. Find a payphone if they still exist. Just get us the goods.
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