Ellen Pao says she has been fired by Kleiner Perkins

Ellen Pao

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Ellen Pao, the junior partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers who filed a lawsuit earlier this year against her employer alleging gender discrimination and retaliation, has been fired from the Silicon Valley VC, she announced late Tuesday.

"I have been terminated from my job at KPCB," she said in a statement on Q&A site Quora. "On Monday afternoon, senior management told me to clean out my office, leave, and not come back."

Pao's allegation was included in an updated response to a Quora user's question in June, "Did Ellen Pao quit KPCB after the lawsuit?" and under her own account name Pao replied "No, and I don't plan to quit."

CNET has contacted Kleiner Perkins for comment and will update this report when we learn more.

Pao filed suit against the venture capital firm in Superior Court of California on May 10, alleging she endured five years of retaliation for rebuffing sexual advances from senior partners and that the company discriminated against her and other female employ... [Read more]