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CrossFit founder Greg Glassman has been accused of helping to create a sexist workplace culture where men rated women on how much they wanted to have sex with them. <br>A number of ex employees told  the former CEO would sexually harass staff. They said such was the culture at the company even the WiFi password was a sexist obscenity.<br>Glassman, 63, resigned as CEO of the brand earlier this month after his controversial remarks on a Zoom call with gym owners about the death of  were leaked. <br>His ex wife Lauren Jenai confirmed the culture former employees have described, adding: '100 percent. That happens every day, all day.' She said: 'He's the father of my kids. I care about Greg and about CrossFit but this should be addressed.' <br>       CrossFit CEO Greg Glassman resigned after his controversial remarks on a Zoom call with gym owners about the death of George Floyd were leaked. He has now been accused of of helping to create a sexist workplace culture at the company <br>         Glassman's ex wife Lauren Jenai, pictured, confirmed the culture former employees have described, adding: '100 percent. That happens every day, all day'<br>'They are nasty about women and they talk freely in front of them and it does make my skin crawl', Jenai added. <br>'I think it does need to be said that both Greg and I, and our friends, have raw senses of humor. There is a lot of that banter that I don't find offensive but the difference was, I was in a position of leadership so my job didn't depend on how I responded to those remarks.<br>'For me,  [https://incitasecurity.com/60-minute-crossfit-workout/ https://incitasecurity.com/60-minute-crossfit-workout/] the bigger problem than the language is the culture behind it. If you speak out, you're out. I've seen it firsthand, over and over and over.' <br>Jenai announced in October last year she was set to tie the knot with her fiance, Franklin Tyrone Tucker, who is being held in prison ahead of his murder trial. <br>A CrossFit spokesman confirmed Glassman denies all of the allegations against him. They suggested the claims were part of a wider push by people, including Jenai, to 'devalue the company and buy it for scraps'.<br>   RELATED ARTICLES              <br><br><br><br>Share this article<br>Share<br><br><br>But accusations leveled at Glassman include him taking pictures of female colleague's chests and pulling at their clothes. <br>One worker says: 'There was a constant narrative about women. He was always descriptive in nature about it...bragging about sexual escapades.'<br>Another said: 'The systematic way they chip away at your self-confidence, I had never experienced anything like that.' <br>Reporting their claims was difficult, they say, as Glassman's sister Katie was the highest ranking female executive. <br>In 2012 former employee Julie Kelly threatened to file a sexual harassment lawsuit. Glassman is said to have told former Navy Seal Andy Stumpf: 'I had to pay that w***e.' <br>Stumpf added: 'I cannot count the number of times that derogatory and specifically sexual comments were made about female staff members directly in my presence.' <br>Athlete Lindsey Johnson said she heard stories of 'straight-up bullying and sexual harassment of women'. <br>CrossFit executive Dave Castro, who will take over as the company's new CEO, has not commented on the new claims against Glassman.  <br>         CrossFit executive Dave Castro, who will take over as the company's new CEO, has not commented on the new claims against Glassman<br>         Reporting their claims was difficult, they say, as Glassman's sister Katie, pictured, was the highest ranking female executive<br>         A number of ex employees told The New York Times the former CEO would sexually harass staff. They said such was the culture at the company even the WiFi password was a sexist obscenity. The company's Scotts Valley, California, HQ is pictured <br>In leaked remarks earlier this month, Glassman told gym owners: 'We're not mourning for  — I don't think me or any of my staff are.'<br>'Can you tell me why I should mourn for him? Other than that it's the white thing to do — other than that, give me another reason,' he asked a Minneapolis gym owner who had questioned why the brand hadn't posted a statement supporting . <br>Glassman later stepped down as CEO of CrossFit, Inc, which he founded in 2000, adding: 'I have decided to retire.' <br>In his resignation statement, Glassman said: 'On Saturday I created a rift in the CrossFit community and unintentionally hurt many of its members.<br>'Those who know me know that my sole issue is the chronic disease epidemic. I know that CrossFit is the solution to this epidemic and that CrossFit HQ and its staff serve as the stewards of CrossFit affiliates worldwide. I cannot let my behavio, Glassman said of Floyd, a black man who died in Minneapolis on May 25 after a white police officer knelt on his neck for more than eight minutes: 'I don't think that there's a general mourning for Floyd in any community.'<br>                <br>The controversy arose on Saturday after the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) posted a tweet which described racism and discrimination as a public health issue that needs an urgent response.<br>The research firm shared a statement from its director, Christopher Murray, who said that IHME commits to researching racial disparities in a range of areas including the differential impacts of . <br>Glassman retweeted the post with the words: 'It's FLOYD-19.'  <br><br>adverts.addToArray({"pos":"inread_player"})Advertisement<br><br><br>data-track-module="am-external-links^external-links"><br>Read more:<br><br><br><br><br><br>DM.later('bundle', function()<br>DM.has('external-source-links', 'externalLinkTracker');<br>);