In 2001 Blumenfeld applied for and received a transfer into a programmer analyst position, reporting to Tange. In 2001, when Blumenfeld was transferred to his group, Tange was a network analyst, supervising five or six individuals. Rather, Blumenfeld and the other employees Tange supervised "raved about him" in performance reviews submitted confidentially to his supervisor. Blumenfeld said once Tange put her outside his "circle of trust" for a week and called her a "walrus. "Blumenfeld also submitted evidence that during the investigation of Tange, Qualcomm discovered that he had sexually harassed two other female employees.

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