eBay’s bizarre cyberstalking saga ends with a $56 million settlement

<figure> <img alt="Illustration showing the Ebay logo." data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="The Verge" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25229461/STK252_ebay_stock_CVirginia_2.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">eBay and three former executives <a href="https://www.scallimurphy.com/ebay-cyberstalking-lawsuit-settlement/">will pay $55.7 million</a> as part of a settlement with a Massachusetts couple targeted with a bizarre harassment and cyberstalking campaign in 2019, as <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/28/ebay-blogger-harassment-stalking-steiner.html">reported earlier by CNBC</a>. The settlement will resolve a lengthy legal saga that revealed how <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/26/21457487/go-read-this-ebay-stalking-harassment-new-york-times">eBay's former executives sent live insects</a>, a bloody pig mask, a funeral wreath, and other strange items to David and Ina Steiner over their newsletter's coverage of eBay.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The Steiners, who operate the <em>EcommerceBytes</em> newsletter, sued eBay and its former executives - including ex-CEO Devin Wenig - in 2021. The lawsuit <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mad.236568/gov.uscourts.mad.236568.1.0_1.pdf">accused the company</a> and its executives of launching a …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/972209/ebay-cyberstalking-harassment-settlement">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>