Ex-Google employee files for bankruptcy after losing $179 million in lawsuit against the search giant

Engineer Anthony Levandowski, the former head of Uber’s self-driving wing Otto on Wednesday filed for bankruptcy after being ordered to pay $179 million to Google in a legal battle over his departure from Google, according to media reports.

The $179 million amount was to be paid towards an ongoing lawsuit filed by the search giant against the former employees of its self-driving tech spinoff company Waymo Anthony Levandowski and Lior Ron, Reuters reported.

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Levandowski and Ron had left the company to join Uber’s rival self-driving vehicle company Otto rivalling Waymo. Google had accused the two of breach of contract as well as stealing trade secrets from the company.