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The bombshell new tell-all memoir from a Facebook whistleblower has debuted atop the New York Times nonfiction bestseller list after Meta tried to block its release. The book, which made embarrassing claims about the conduct of top executives including Sheryl Sandberg, sold 60,000 copies in its first week after hitting shelves on March 11, according to the Associated Press. In the book, Sarah Wynn-Williams, once an executive at the tech giant, alleges that Sandberg once asked her to join her in bed and separately asked a female assistant to spend thousands of dollars on lingerie for the two, among other inappropriate behaviors. Sandberg, who is well known for her career self-help book Lean In, left the company in 2022. Wynn-Williams also claims that Joel Kaplan—a president at Meta (Facebook’s parent) and Sandberg’s ex-boyfriend—grinded against her at a party. The book is full of similarly shocking allegations. Meta, which denied the book’s claims to the Daily Beast, sought to block its publication, but an emergency arbitrator ruled that its publisher could release and promote it. Arbitration is ongoing to determine whether Wynn-Williams violated a non-disparagement clause in her severance agreement. The Daily Beast has reached out to a representative for Sandberg on the book’s success.
