Ashley Kostial appears next to her reflection
In 2019, Ashley Kostial reported a sexual assault by a colleague at SAP. Then she signed an NDA.
  • A former SAP account manager is breaking her NDA to speak out about a workplace sexual assault.
  • Nondisclosure agreements are often used to silence employees following claims of workplace abuse.
  • The use of NDAs has now expanded from employers to insurance providers.

By March of 2020, Ashley Kostial thought she'd been through the worst of it. She'd worked through months of intensive treatment for post-traumatic stress and was focused on managing her mental health and landing a new job.