Originally filed in December 2023, the lawsuit centers around a recruiting occasion hosted by Brent Gove in February 2020, a sundown cruise that Gove dubbed “Freedom Top.” Roberts alleges that the sweetheart of David Golden, one of the men she has actually claimed sexually attacked her, positioned a tablet in her mouth and told her it was Adderall. Instead, it was a drug that triggered Roberts to black out.
While Roberts stated she does not remember most of what happened after blacking out, she said that through the testimony of others at the event, flashes of memory that came back to her and contextual ideas, she concluded that she was raped by Golden and another former eXp agent Michael Bjorkman. Neither Bjorkman nor Golden are currently affiliated with eXp. Gove and Roberts reached a settlement concerning these claims in January of 2026.
In their movements filed on Friday, the eXp offenders and Sanford argue that Roberts can disappoint that eXp Realty or Sanford knew of the supposed conduct of Bjorkman and Golden and that eXp Realty or Sanford can not be held “vicariously responsible” for Bjorkman’s and Golden’s actions under the Trafficking Victim’s Defense Reauthorization Act.
Additionally, the two offenders argue that the court must approve summary judgement on Roberts’ claim of irresponsible hiring, retention and guidance due to the fact that neither eXp nor Sanford breached any task owed to Roberts and even if they “had actually breached a responsibility owed to Roberts, there is no causal connection in between that purported breach of duty and Roberts’ supposed injuries.”
Sanford and the eXp offenders had formerly been dismissed from a prior problem in the suit in May 2024, but were once again named as offenders in a changed problem.
Judge Andre Birotte, who is overseeing the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, has actually scheduled a hearing relating to all four motions for summary judgement for April 17, 2026.
In an emailed declaration an eXp spokesperson wrote that the company “has no tolerance for abuse, harassment, or misbehavior of any kind– consisting of by the independent real estate agents who use our services.”
“eXp hopes and trusts that the court will give a full and fair hearing to the complainants as they continue to pursue claims versus the individuals who supposedly attacked them,” the representative included. “However, the claims against eXp World Holdings, eXp Realty, and Glenn Sanford have no basis in truth or law, which is why the defendants recently submitted motions for summary judgment looking for dismissal of those claims. We highly believe the claims against them are without merit and will continue to strongly resist them.”