Benchmark Capital, which claims 13% of the ride-sharing firm, has blamed Mr Kalanick for falsely endeavoring to fill board seats with steadfast partners.
They said that Mr Kalanick was preparing for his potential return as CEO.
A representative for Mr Kalanick called the claim “totally without justify”.
‘Clearing a way’
In a legitimate recording got by Axios, Benchmark’s legal counselors claimed that Mr Kalanick looked to “settle in himself on Uber’s top managerial staff and increment his control over Uber for his own particular childish finishes”.
It goes ahead to state: “Kalanick’s general goal is to pack Uber’s Board with faithful partners with an end goal to protect his earlier direct from investigation and clear the way for his inevitable return as CEO.”
Mr Kalanick looked to “settle in himself on Uber’s board, the recording guaranteed
As per reports in July, Mr Kalanick had told companions he was “Steve Jobsing it”.
This is a reference to Mr Jobs being kicked out of Apple in 1985, just to triumphantly return as CEO a little more than 10 years after the fact.
The claim requests that three additional board seats at Uber, included by Mr Kalanick in June a year ago, be evacuated.
Mr Kalanick presently holds one of those seats, which means if the suit is fruitful he would be constrained out of the firm by and large. The other two additional seats are as of now empty.
Uber inconveniences
Mr Kalanick was constrained out as CEO after a flood of embarrassments hit the organization, including examinations concerning lewd behavior, sexual orientation segregation and what was portrayed as a “harmful” work-put culture.
The organization is likewise being prosecuted without anyone else’s input driving firm Waymo, which has blamed Uber for taking parts of its self-driving auto innovation.
In an announcement, Mr Kalanick’s representative blamed Benchmark for “acting in its own best advantages in opposition to the interests of Uber”.