eBay Shareholders Seek Details of Whitman Deal

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) Two eBay shareholders have asked the online auction company to release details of a confidential settlement it paid to a staffer who accused then-CEO Meg Whitman of pushing her.

The Republican gubernatorial nominee has acknowledged reaching a deal with the employee over the altercation three years ago.

The New York Times, citing anonymous sources, reported that eBay paid the staffer about $200,000 in an agreement that remains confidential.

In a letter obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press, the shareholders are demanding that eBay provide access to documents related to the agreement.

The shareholders are Michael Preston, a spokesman for the California Nurses Association, which opposes Whitman's candidacy, and his husband, Michael Meyers.

eBay spokesman Alan Marks said company officials were unaware of the letter.