{"id":14467,"date":"2025-03-21T09:28:50","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T09:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/how-blueprint-founder-bryan-johnson-sought-control-via-confidentiality-agreements\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T09:28:50","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T09:28:50","slug":"how-blueprint-founder-bryan-johnson-sought-control-via-confidentiality-agreements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/how-blueprint-founder-bryan-johnson-sought-control-via-confidentiality-agreements\/","title":{"rendered":"How Blueprint Founder Bryan Johnson Sought Control Via Confidentiality Agreements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In a <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/81757532\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Netflix documentary<\/a> released in January, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/01\/12\/business\/bryan-johnson-longevity-blueprint.html\" title=\"\">Bryan Johnson<\/a>, a tech entrepreneur turned longevity guru, walked people through his morning routine. After tracking his sleep, he would wake up early to conduct audio therapy and hair therapy, do an hour of exercise and take 54 different pills with a drink called \u201cthe green giant,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Johnson also talked about his long-life start-up, Blueprint, which sells health supplements, blood-testing equipment and other products tied to his personal diet and recommendations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cBy doing Blueprint, one of the key objectives is to achieve the lowest possible biological age,\u201d he declared. He added that his health regimen had \u201creversed my biological age 5.1 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Netflix feature was a breakout moment in Mr. Johnson\u2019s five-year campaign to become the face of one of Silicon Valley\u2019s most oddball fascinations: the pursuit of everlasting youth. The 47-year-old former Mormon missionary has become known for experimenting on his own body to defy aging, captivating the media and his nearly four million social media followers by receiving the blood plasma of his then-17-year-old son and repeatedly shocking his penis to increase his erections.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">His fame has also appeared to catapult Blueprint to success. In January, Mr. Johnson hailed his start-up as \u201cone of the fastest-growing companies in the world, fueled by word of mouth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But away from the cameras, his carefully curated profile and Blueprint\u2019s business are starting to show cracks \u2014 especially with a brewing fight over Mr. Johnson\u2019s use of a legal document: confidentiality agreements.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">For nearly a decade, Mr. Johnson has wielded confidentiality agreements to control his image and the companies he built atop that image. His employees, sexual partners, vendors and contract workers have all had to sign the documents, sometimes in exchange for settlements, severance or continued employment at his firms, according to people close to him and his start-ups, internal documents and court records.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Now those agreements, which were supposed to keep people silent on Mr. Johnson\u2019s personal life and businesses, are backfiring as some of his workers band together to challenge them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">At least three of Mr. Johnson\u2019s former employees \u2014 including a former fianc\u00e9e who worked for him \u2014 have recently filed complaints with the National Labor Relations Board, a federal watchdog agency, about his confidentiality agreements. They said the terms they signed were \u201coverbroad\u201d and accused Mr. Johnson of violating federal laws that protect workers who want to speak about their workplace conditions, according to copies of two of the complaints and six people with knowledge of them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">People close to Mr. Johnson and Blueprint have increasingly chafed at the agreements as the start-up has faced mounting financial and product-quality questions that some thought should be made public, former employees and others with knowledge of the company said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Oliver Zolman, Mr. Johnson\u2019s longtime longevity doctor, who was featured in the Netflix documentary, quietly left Blueprint last year after having concerns about some of its health supplements, the people said. Last fall, Mr. Johnson also told Blueprint executives that the company was running out of money.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Johnson\u2019s goal was \u201cto use these contractual agreements to keep everyone quiet,\u201d and that effort \u201ckind of was a house of cards,\u201d said Matt Bruenig, the lawyer for the former employees who filed the N.L.R.B complaints.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Jamie Contento, who was Mr. Johnson\u2019s personal assistant and who filed one of the N.L.R.B. complaints, said she \u201cdefinitely felt coerced into signing the agreements\u201d because she thought she would lose her job if she did not do so.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The New York Times interviewed 30 people close to Mr. Johnson and his start-ups, including current and former employees. Many spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were bound by the confidentiality terms and feared retaliation from Mr. Johnson. The Times also reviewed copies of the agreements, court records, internal documents, photos and the N.L.R.B. complaints.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Johnson declined to answer many questions from The Times. In a post on X before this article was published, he said confidentiality agreements \u201ctry to create clear boundaries and expectations, so that trust isn\u2019t left to chance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">After The Times contacted Mr. Johnson, he privately pushed people in his orbit to abide by the agreements, people familiar with his outreach said. One legal letter sent last month reminded a former employee that they were \u201cstrictly prohibited from using, disclosing or misappropriating any confidential, proprietary or trade secret information belonging to the company or Bryan R. Johnson,\u201d according to a copy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Publicly, Mr. Johnson focused on other things. This month, he announced his own religion, which is named after his longevity slogan, \u201cDon\u2019t Die.\u201d It would save the human race, he said.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-26dad3ac\">Eternal life<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Johnson founded the payments company Braintree in 2007 and became a multimillionaire when <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.nytimes.com\/bits.blogs.nytimes.com\/2013\/09\/26\/paypal-buys-braintree-a-payments-start-up\/\" title=\"\">PayPal bought the start-up<\/a> in 2013. He soon shed his Mormon roots and began a phase of exploration.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Johnson divorced his wife, with whom he has three children, and left the Mormon Church. He hired prostitutes, according to friends, former employees and court documents, and took drugs including acid, Ibogaine and DMT.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Johnson has not publicly addressed his use of acid, but is a proponent of psychedelics like DMT and has the shape of its chemical structure tattooed on his arm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">He also started using confidentiality agreements. The terms mandated that people could not speak publicly about his escapades, or talk to their friends or family about him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In 2016, Mr. Johnson founded Kernel, a brain technology start-up. He had turned down the chance to establish a similar company with Elon Musk, who created his own such firm, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/22\/health\/elon-musk-brain-implant-arbaugh.html\" title=\"\">Neuralink<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Johnson increasingly fixated on his reputation, according to former friends and employees, and wondered why he was not getting as much publicity as Mr. Musk. He turned more to confidentiality agreements. In 2020, he required a date to sign one before the two used acid together, two former friends said. She signed but left early, incensed by the agreement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-6\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The confidentiality terms were typically attached to broader employment agreements at Mr. Johnson\u2019s business. At the time, a Kernel employee agreement with confidentiality clauses was four and a half pages long, with few specifics about what workers could not talk about.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But as Mr. Johnson transitioned into the longevity industry and focused on his health, losing more than 50 pounds, the terms mushroomed. The change was driven partly by the founding of Blueprint, a start-up at Mr. Johnson\u2019s Los Angeles home, in 2021 to sell health products to his legions of death-averse fans. (He stepped down from Kernel in 2023 but remains on the board.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Blueprint\u2019s brand is tied to Mr. Johnson\u2019s image, with pop-ups of his face promoting the Netflix documentary and supplements called \u201cBryan\u2019s favorites\u201d listed for sale on the website. \u201cHe is the healthiest person on the planet,\u201d Blueprint\u2019s site claims.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">By last year, a Blueprint employment agreement with confidentiality terms was 20 pages long and listed dozens of restrictions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Among them: Workers must keep confidential \u201cany nonpublic information regarding Bryan\u2019s home, office, personal effects in his home or office, any spaces rented or owned by Bryan, any vehicles\/planes\/automobiles\/boats\/other methods of transportation that are not publicly accessible, or areas of his home or such space that are not publicly accessible,\u201d according to a copy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-7\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In his X post, Mr. Johnson said the agreements \u201chave evolved, just like everything else I iterate &amp; improve upon.\u201d He added, \u201cThe goal is precision.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Employees at Blueprint, which has a staff of about 30, sometimes had to sign as many as three separate agreements. That is atypical for employee agreements, according to legal experts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">One was an unusual \u201copt-in\u201d document, which is not a confidentiality contract but aims to protect the company from potential lawsuits over what employees might witness in the workplace.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Under that agreement, employees had to attest that they were OK with Mr. Johnson\u2019s wearing \u201clittle and sometimes no clothing\/no underwear\u201d and with hearing \u201cdiscussions of sexual activities, including erections,\u201d according to a copy. They also had to agree that Mr. Johnson\u2019s behavior was not \u201cunwelcome, offensive, humiliating, hostile, triggering, unprofessional or abusive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The opt-in agreement was \u201cfair to all concerned and is in everyone\u2019s best interest,\u201d Mr. Johnson posted on X. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-8\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Many wealthy individuals and companies use confidentiality agreements. But Cliff Palefsky, an employment lawyer in San Francisco, said some aspects of Mr. Johnson\u2019s agreements were overly broad and unenforceable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Johnson and his company are \u201ccounting on people being afraid and not violating it because they\u2019re afraid,\u201d said Mr. Palefsky, who reviewed the documents for The Times.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-45fef147\">Longevity mix<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">By early last year, some Blueprint employees were growing frustrated with the confidentiality agreements as the company experienced problems, people who have worked there said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Among them were questions about Blueprint\u2019s health supplements. The company sells about a dozen different proprietary supplements, including a $49 \u201clongevity mix,\u201d according to its website. Supplements are subject to lighter regulation than medicines.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">At the time, Mr. Johnson and his leadership team, including Dr. Zolman, asked for volunteers to join a study of the supplements and meals called \u201cThe Blueprint Stack.\u201d The goal was to examine the effects of the products on people\u2019s health, according to the people and internal documents viewed by The Times.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-9\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Some executives, including Dr. Zolman, wanted to follow standard clinical testing procedures for the study and choose users to test at random, the people said. But Mr. Johnson had customers pay more than $2,100 to participate, they said. He promised them he would release the results by the summer of 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Of the roughly 1,700 participants in the study, about 60 percent experienced at least one side effect, according to internal emails, spreadsheets and other documents. Blood tests revealed that participants saw their testosterone levels drop and became prediabetic after following Mr. Johnson\u2019s diet plan. It\u2019s unclear how severe the side effects were.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cLongevity mix: A lot of comments about hating this as it is making them sick, vomit, have heartburn, etc.,\u201d one Blueprint employee wrote to a colleague in February 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-10\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Allulose, an ingredient in the longevity mix and a sugar alternative <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bryan_johnson\/status\/1800573173412581419?lang=en\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">that Mr. Johnson has pitched<\/a> to his social media followers, also caused issues. \u201cTONS of people saying it\u2019s causing nausea, bloating,\u201d wrote an employee.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-11\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In an email to The Times, Mr. Johnson said the results showed \u201ccommon side effects with any food, beverage or supplement.\u201d Blueprint products are always improved, he said, and are tested for safety. He added that it was typical in a self-experimentation study to not cover participants\u2019 costs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Employees felt they could not share the findings because of the confidentiality agreements, according to the emails and text messages.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Last summer, Dr. Zolman left Blueprint after raising concerns about the study\u2019s results, people familiar with his departure said. He had signed a nondisclosure agreement, but Mr. Johnson wanted him to sign another one in return for a month of severance, they said. Dr. Zolman declined because of the stringent terms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Johnson did not publish the study\u2019s results by the summer of 2024, as he had told customers he would. In January, he <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bryan_johnson\/status\/1876303628451127661?lang=en\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">released some<\/a> data for about 300 participants, showing positive results. The supplements continue to be sold.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In an email to The Times, Mr. Johnson said metrics about Blueprint\u2019s supplements \u201ctransitioned to or stayed in the normal range throughout the entirety of the study.\u201d He added that Dr. Zolman had resigned \u201cto seek professional help for his serious mental health concerns,\u201d without providing evidence. Dr. Zolman did not leave for those reasons, people with knowledge of his departure said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-12\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">At the same time, Blueprint ran into financial challenges. While revenue increased last year to about $40 million and the company has about 40,000 customers, it was falling below its break-even point by at least $1 million a month, people with knowledge of the business said. Mr. Johnson, who had put in $25 million as Blueprint\u2019s sole investor, warned executives that the company was running out of money. Its current finances are unclear.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">This year, a recruiting email described Blueprint as \u201calready profitable,\u201d according to a copy of the message.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Johnson has also sometimes cherry-picked the rosiest metrics for his own health experiments, former employees and others said, particularly to spotlight his \u201cbiological age,\u201d which refers to how well his organs and other body parts are functioning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In the Netflix documentary, which was largely filmed in 2023, Mr. Johnson said his biological age had reversed 5.1 years. But the results of a range of internal studies of his health between January 2022 and February 2024 showed it had increased by as much as 10 years, according to charts of the blood test results. It\u2019s unclear what his current tests show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In an email, Mr. Johnson said that the \u201cdecision to highlight the 5.1 year reduction was made entirely by the documentary\u2019s production team\u201d and that the statistic came from an experiment conducted in early 2023. He said \u201cbiological age measurements fluctuate\u201d depending on the test and other factors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-13\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-5199d267\">\u2018Just didn\u2019t feel right\u2019<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Employee concerns flared last spring when Blueprint sent the opt-in agreement, requiring workers to say they were OK with many workplace behaviors. It landed in email inboxes with instructions to sign as a normal course of business.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Many employees signed, but their concerns mounted. With Blueprint run from Mr. Johnson\u2019s home, the line between his personal life and business sometimes was hazy, former employees and others close to Mr. Johnson said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">During workdays, Mr. Johnson frequently walked around with little clothing on, and sometimes flirted with Blueprint\u2019s largely female staff, they said. But because of the opt-in agreement, no one felt able to could complain. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ms. Contento, who had also worked at Kernel, said she had been at Blueprint for a year when she was asked to sign the opt-in agreement. She agreed because she did not want to lose her job, she said, but \u201cthe document just didn\u2019t feel right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Last fall, Ms. Contento left Blueprint. At the time, she emailed human resources to raise concerns about the work environment, which she said \u201cbegan to change in ways that made me feel uncomfortable,\u201d according to a copy of her message.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-14\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThere were certain professional boundaries that, from my perspective, seemed to blur over time,\u201d she wrote. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">It\u2019s unclear if Blueprint investigated Ms. Contento\u2019s concerns. She did not sign another of Mr. Johnson\u2019s confidentiality agreements upon exiting the company.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Johnson said in an email that Ms. Contento had \u201craised no material complaints or concerns regarding the work environment or her role to my knowledge\u201d while at Blueprint.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-5e0edfa1\">A call for action<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-15\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Even as concerns grew over what Mr. Johnson was saying publicly versus privately, many employees were afraid to challenge him and his confidentiality agreements.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-16\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">They had a cautionary tale: Taryn Southern.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ms. Southern, 38, was Mr. Johnson\u2019s former fianc\u00e9e and an employee of his brain-technology start-up, Kernel. In February 2020, Mr. Johnson fired Ms. Southern from the company after breaking up with her while she had Stage 3 breast cancer, according to a 2021 lawsuit she filed against him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Johnson had pressured her to sign an employment separation agreement with confidentiality terms, the lawsuit said. One version of the confidentiality terms included a $500,000 penalty each time she broke the rules.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIt\u2019s all he seemed to care about, that agreement,\u201d Ms. Southern said in her first interview about the experience.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-17\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Many Blueprint employees followed the developments in Ms. Southern\u2019s lawsuit, in which she contended that Mr. Johnson had breached a promise to pay her $150,000 in exchange for rent and moving out of their home after their breakup.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-18\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Johnson successfully moved the lawsuit to arbitration. In 2023, an arbitrator ruled that Ms. Southern must adhere to her employment separation agreement, which included terms that said she could not sue Mr. Johnson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">He then countersued for his legal fees, with Ms. Southern ordered to pay more than $584,000 to him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Johnson took the legal battle public. In 2023, he posted a 16-minute YouTube video saying he was a victim of \u201cthe dark underground accusation economy.\u201d He followed on Valentine\u2019s Day 2024 with a 2,400-word post on X naming Ms. Southern, saying that he feared she would try to kill him with a pair of scissors and that his health regimen had saved her from cancer. It got more than 500,000 views.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ms. Southern felt she could not respond because of the confidentiality terms. (Four people close to the couple said that they had never heard Ms. Southern threaten to kill Mr. Johnson and that his health regimen did not save her from cancer.) Her social media accounts and email inbox filled with attacks from Mr. Johnson\u2019s fans.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-19\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cCancer treatment and my termination and everything I had to go through \u2014 that was all awful,\u201d said Ms. Southern, whose cancer is in remission. \u201cBut what felt worse was not being able to share the truth when I was being publicly attacked.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-20\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Johnson has not paid Ms. Southern the $150,000. In his YouTube video, he said he would set up a trust so payments from \u201chis accuser\u201d for his legal fees would go toward her medical expenses. Emails viewed by The Times showed he opened the trust last year, then closed it without putting money into it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Last summer, Ms. Southern filed a complaint against Kernel and Mr. Johnson to the N.L.R.B., saying the confidentiality terms violated a provision of labor law that protects employees who want to speak about workplace conditions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">While Ms. Southern is still bound by the agreement\u2019s terms, she said she chose to speak to The Times about her working conditions to represent Mr. Johnson\u2019s employees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Other employees heard about Ms. Southern\u2019s legal strategy. In February, Ms. Contento, the former assistant to Mr. Johnson, filed a similar complaint to the N.L.R.B. through the same lawyer, Mr. Bruenig. Ms. Southern said Ms. Contento had learned about him through her complaint. A third former employee of Mr. Johnson\u2019s soon filed a complaint similar to the other two. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Because the employees filed in a concerted effort against Mr. Johnson, federal law protects their ability to speak about workplace conditions, Mr. Bruenig said. He added that the N.L.R.B. was investigating Ms. Southern\u2019s complaint.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-21\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The N.L.R.B. did not return requests for comment. Ryan Field, Kernel\u2019s chief executive, said the company was cooperating with the investigation. 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