Former Uber engineer Anthony Levandowski's nanny also says he stole data

NEW YORK: Former Uber engineer Anthony Levandowski had a mole inside Tesla who was leaking him information about its efforts to develop an electric-powered semi-truck, according to a new lawsuit.

In the suit, filed against Levandowski by his former nanny Erika Wong, Wong claims to have overheard multiple conversations in which Levandowski supposedly mentioned the name ‘Pat Green’. Levandowski also frequently asked his sister about packages he expected to receive from Green, according to the suit.

In one such conversation, which Levandowski had with his business partner, Randy Miller, Levandowski mentioned Green's name in an exchange about Tesla's electric trucking division, according to the lawsuit.

It's unclear who exactly ‘Pat Green’ is. However, there is a Patrick Green who works as a senior manufacturing equipment engineer at Tesla.

In a statement, a representative for Levandowski described the suit as ‘frivolous’. “Levandowski is confident that the lawsuit will be dismissed by the courts.”

Levandowski has been a central figure in the Waymo lawsuit filed against Uber, where the self-driving car startup and a sister company of Google, alleges that Levandowski brought its trade secrets with him to Uber. Levandowski helped start Google’s autonomous vehicle program, left to form astartup focused on autonomous trucks, then joined Uber. In her suit, Wong charges that Levandowski failed to pay her wages and violated numerous health and labour codes.