Robert Scoble, the high-tech evangelist who last week apologized for his treatment of women and resigned from his business consulting firm, says he denies sexual misconduct charges leveled against him.

He also says he’s not guilty of sexual harassment because he had no power to “make or break” the careers of women who made allegations against him.

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Stanford law professor Michele Dauber said Scoble’s assertion that he did not sexually harass the women because they didn’t work for him or seek financial backing from him is dubious at best.

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“Sexual harassment is unwanted conduct of a sexual nature that includes sexual requests, touching, comments, and other kinds of unwanted conduct. Whether or not that harassment can lead to money damages because it was either a quid pro quo or created a hostile environment can depend on whether it is sufficiently severe or pervasive and what the relationship between the parties is,” Dauber said.

“Even if the conduct does not create legal liability it can still be harassing, and it’s pathetic weak sauce to hear a man facing so many disgusting allegations to defend himself by saying ‘but I don’t have to pay any money for it.'”