Monster Energy in Trouble After 5 Women Sue for Sexual Discrimination and Abuse At least two of the lawsuits deal with women who dated executives at the company, one of whom was strangled by her then-boyfriend, who was arrested and still works at the company. The other three lawsuits revolve around an atmosphere of sexual discrimination and harassment, enabled by upper management. The only connection is that these individuals suing Monster for money have endeavored to band together to litigate their cases in the media. The cases are diverse, unrelated and do not remotely suggest a systemic environment of harassment or discrimination. Coca-Cola, who owns an 18.1 percent stake, told HuffPost it was not aware of the cases mentioned in the lawsuits.